On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 12:20:36PM +1000, Ashton Fagg wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Dell Latitude E6410 with nVidia graphics, and I would like > to upgrade to a backports kernel. I currently run the proprietary > nVidia drivers on the stock Squeeze kernel, because they seem to > "just work". It's my understanding that I will not be able to > install these from repositories, as the necessary modules are not > offered for backports kernels. I believe there are ways around this
I believe that is true. > I'd also like to get off the proprietary drivers if I can, however > I'm unsure of the Nouveau route. > I've generally had success with Nouveau. The exception is a couple of old video chips (one a laptop, the other a desktop). I had to revert to the nv driver, which worked fine in those cases. > The other option is rather than going the Squeeze + backports route, > should I merely upgrade my entire machine to Wheezy or even Sid? I > like the stability that Squeeze offers, but there are a few > incompatibilities (lack of touchpad scrolling in particular) which > are beginning to annoy me with the stock Squeeze kernel. > I run Wheezy on a machine that needed it because of this very issue. It was on a MythTV machine, and I needed the proprietary nVidia driver. Wheezy runs fine, but the constant updates (or should I say temptation of updates) is getting annoying. But I like to "set it and forget it" more than I like getting the latest and greatest. -Rob -- 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/20111226135916.ga15...@aurora.owens.net
