On Friday 02 September 2011 05:50:05 am yudi v wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to understand the difference between the following two methods > > *First method * > this taken from irc dpkg bot > "aptitude -r install linux-headers-2.6-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` > nvidia-kernel-dkms && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section > "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf" > > this uses the xord.conf.d directory but it also has /etc/X11/xorg.conf > file. What happens in this case? > > *second method* taken form > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Installation-1 > > first two steps are same as above: > > - install linux-headers > - then nvidia-kernel-dkms > > the third and forth step differ: > > 3rd step: Install the NVIDIA X driver and user-space libraries > > how come this is missing in the first option? > > > 4th step: Configure X to use the nvidia > driver<http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Configure_X_to_use_the_ >nvidia_driver> > > Editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Which method should I use?
Do you know 'sed' ? I do not cut/copy and paste code , I need to understand what I am doing, so I keep it simple. Not that there is anything wrong with learning sed :-) My guess, the second method is closer to most users experiience level. Plus it has a howto page. -- Peace, Greg -- 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/201109020931.27984.gomadtr...@gci.net
