On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:34:31 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:11:29 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > >> > Anyone have a link to a good tutorial? >> >> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers >> >> > Thanks. Had a look at it, but got a little confused after reading > a page or two :)
Yep, is a bit fuzzy to get whole picture if you don't know what is the current status of the nvidia driver for your VGA card and distribution. All this stuff change very fast. >> *But* if your card is a GeForce FX 5200, you may need the "legacy" >> version of the drivers (173.14.28). > > That's what I dl'ed from Nvidia.com Then that's fine. >> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.28/README/index.html >> >> Anyway, have you tried first with "nouveau"? > > That's the first thing I tried . Seemed to be OK, but a little on > the slow side compared with my on-board Intel video. But that could have > been an illusion. X-) > After I posted to the list I found > http://linuxinside.blogspot.com/2008/03/debian-nvidia-drivers.html > > I used that method, which for me worked perfectly. Good. > But I know understand > using the DebianWiki way might have been better in the long run - seems > simpler after a Kernel update ??? Well, yes... installing using the "Debian way" is easier but you are limited to one set of drivers (the ones available in "non-free" repository, that is "173.14.27"). > Thanks- I have bookmarked all the sites. Just remember that for any kernel update it's quite possible you need to update the nvidia driver in the way the link you sent it shows. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.02.19.18.14...@gmail.com
