Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-31 Thread Curt
On 2015-05-30, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Yes, I have. >> You have the non-free archive mentioned in your /etc/apt/sources.list? You need contrib also, it would appear. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-30 Thread Ric Moore
On 05/30/2015 01:54 PM, Matthijs Wensveen wrote: glx-alternative-nvidia being a virtual package, strikes me as odd. It just whirrs a bit and sets alternatives for GLX libs to nvidia directories rather than Mesa, and then goes away. It's like oatmeal in the morning, it's always there. :) Ric

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-30 Thread Matthijs Wensveen
On 05/30/2015 04:18 PM, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: Hello I am trying to install the proprietary Nvidia-Drivers on my Laptop. I have read https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Debian_8_.22Jessie.22 and have entered the following command according to the description: aptitude -r in

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-30 Thread Stefan Malte Schumacher
Yes, I have. 2015-05-30 18:45 GMT+02:00 Curt : > On 2015-05-30, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: >> Hello >> This is the english version of the output of aptitude. >> > > You have the non-free archive mentioned in your /etc/apt/sources.list? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-30 Thread Curt
On 2015-05-30, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Hello > This is the english version of the output of aptitude. > You have the non-free archive mentioned in your /etc/apt/sources.list? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 30 May 2015 15:36:52 Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Hello > This is the english version of the output of aptitude. > > aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') > nvidia-kernel-dkmsThe following NEW packages will be installed: > libegl1-nvidia{a} libgl1-nv

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-30 Thread Bret Busby
On 30/05/2015, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Hello > > I am trying to install the proprietary Nvidia-Drivers on my Laptop. Hello. Whilst the above scenario relates to Debian 8, what is the nVidia device that you have in your laptop? I have not yet resolved a problem with a system that I have

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-30 Thread Stefan Malte Schumacher
Hello This is the english version of the output of aptitude. aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidia-kernel-dkmsThe following NEW packages will be installed: libegl1-nvidia{a} libgl1-nvidia-glx{ab} libgles1-nvidia{a} libgles2-nvidia{a} libnvidia-eglcore{a} l

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 30 May 2015 15:18:34 Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Hello > > I am trying to install the proprietary Nvidia-Drivers on my Laptop. I have > read https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Debian_8_.22Jessie.22 > and have entered the following command according to the description: >

Problem installing nvidia-drivers

2015-05-30 Thread Stefan Malte Schumacher
Hello I am trying to install the proprietary Nvidia-Drivers on my Laptop. I have read https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Debian_8_.22Jessie.22 and have entered the following command according to the description: aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidi

Re: Very small fonts in KDE after installing Nvidia drivers

2015-02-27 Thread James Allsopp
Ok, that worked brilliantly! I just followed Mark's suggestion of putting that line in my 20-nvidia.conf. Thanks! On 26 February 2015 at 19:46, Mark Neyhart wrote: > On 02/26/2015 02:28 AM, James Allsopp wrote: > > Hello, > > I've just installed the nvidia drivers after following the instruction

Re: Very small fonts in KDE after installing Nvidia drivers

2015-02-26 Thread Mark Neyhart
On 02/26/2015 02:28 AM, James Allsopp wrote: > Hello, > I've just installed the nvidia drivers after following the instructions > here https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers > > but now my fonts are so small they are unreadable. My display is a HDMI > television. > > I think this could be

Re: Very small fonts in KDE after installing Nvidia drivers

2015-02-26 Thread Curt
On 2015-02-26, James Allsopp wrote: > > I can't run nvidia-settings as I can't read the text, > > Any ideas what changes I need to make to fix this please? > Searching, I find sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-use-edid-dpi which generates a etc/X11/xorg.conf file disabling the DPI info from the monitor'

Very small fonts in KDE after installing Nvidia drivers

2015-02-26 Thread James Allsopp
Hello, I've just installed the nvidia drivers after following the instructions here https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers but now my fonts are so small they are unreadable. My display is a HDMI television. I think this could be related to the EDID settings but I'm not sure how to set this

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/20/08 06:13, andy wrote: [snip] > > OK I attempted to update my nVidia driver this weekend as I said I would > earlier this last week. Good for you! > First, I downloaded the latest nVidia installer for my card, which is a > nVidia GeForce 850

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-20 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:13:50PM +0100, andy wrote: > On the GRUB menu, several kernels are now listed - the current one and > then the 2.6.25-x kernel. Because the /boot/grub/menu.lst will > automatically load after about 5 seconds, how would I go about *safely* > removing the other kerne

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-20 Thread andy
andy wrote: Damon L. Chesser wrote: On Monday 14 July 2008 04:10:57 pm andy wrote: Stackpole, Chris wrote: Well I can't guarantee that it will all be smooth sailing when using Sid packages. It should work, but obviously mileage varies. You do not want to do an apt-get upgrade or anyt

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-15 Thread andy
Damon L. Chesser wrote: On Monday 14 July 2008 04:10:57 pm andy wrote: Stackpole, Chris wrote: Well I can't guarantee that it will all be smooth sailing when using Sid packages. It should work, but obviously mileage varies. You do not want to do an apt-get upgrade or anything like tha

Re: Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-14 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Monday 14 July 2008 04:10:57 pm andy wrote: > Stackpole, Chris wrote: > > > > > > Well I can't guarantee that it will all be smooth sailing when using Sid > > packages. It should work, but obviously mileage varies. You do not want > > to do an apt-get upgrade or anything like that but just a si

Installing nVidia drivers [WAS: Using apt to install only one package]

2008-07-14 Thread andy
Stackpole, Chris wrote: Well I can't guarantee that it will all be smooth sailing when using Sid packages. It should work, but obviously mileage varies. You do not want to do an apt-get upgrade or anything like that but just a simple 'apt-get install package' may work for you. I do not foresee

Re: Which kernel sources for installing Nvidia drivers on Sarge 3.1r0a (stable)

2005-08-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 07:12:29PM +, Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote: > Hi, > > I have tried to install the Nvidia video drivers on > the current stable release (Sarge). But it needs > kernel sources installed. I have installed the > 2.6.8.2-686 kernel (as offered by the standard > DVD install progra

Which kernel sources for installing Nvidia drivers on Sarge 3.1r0a (stable)

2005-08-09 Thread Hans-Peter Sulzer
Hi, I have tried to install the Nvidia video drivers on the current stable release (Sarge). But it needs kernel sources installed. I have installed the 2.6.8.2-686 kernel (as offered by the standard DVD install program of Sarge). I don't know which kernel sources (or kernel headers?) I have to in

Re: Installing Nvidia Drivers in Sarge

2004-12-19 Thread aldebaran
Toufeeq Hussain wrote: HI Paul, now here's an additional tip, if you run multiple kernels, the script will only install it on one version of the kernel, boo hoo! so that means you need to install nvidia everytime you switch kernels. The easy hack around this is to extract the the files from

RE: Installing Nvidia Drivers in Sarge

2004-12-19 Thread Toufeeq Hussain
HI Paul, > now here's an additional tip, if you run multiple kernels, the script > will only install it on one version of the kernel, boo hoo! so that > means you need to install nvidia everytime you switch > kernels. The easy > hack around this is to extract the the files from the script >

Re: Installing Nvidia Drivers in Sarge

2004-12-17 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 15:20 +0530, Toufeeq Hussain wrote: > HOWTO available for installing the NVIDIA Driver through the default > NVIDIA Installer at nvidia.org ? > > When I run the installer it says kernel source not found even after I > provide the > --kernel-source-path= > > I apt-get 'ed t

Re: Installing Nvidia Drivers in Sarge

2004-12-16 Thread Paul Tsai
Toufeeq Hussain wrote: HOWTO available for installing the NVIDIA Driver through the default NVIDIA Installer at nvidia.org ? When I run the installer it says kernel source not found even after I provide the --kernel-source-path= I apt-get 'ed the kernel source too, still it fails to build the mod

RE: Installing Nvidia Drivers in Sarge(Solved)

2004-12-15 Thread Toufeeq Hussain
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Re: Installing Nvidia Drivers in Sarge

2004-12-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Toufeeq Hussain wrote: HOWTO available for installing the NVIDIA Driver through the default NVIDIA Installer at nvidia.org ? When I run the installer it says kernel source not found even after I provide the --kernel-source-path= I apt-get 'ed the kernel source too, still it fails to build the mo

Installing Nvidia Drivers in Sarge

2004-12-15 Thread Toufeeq Hussain
HOWTO available for installing the NVIDIA Driver through the default NVIDIA Installer at nvidia.org ? When I run the installer it says kernel source not found even after I provide the --kernel-source-path= I apt-get 'ed the kernel source too, still it fails to build the module. I have: Kernel

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

2004-11-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Bram Mertens (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 16:34, Andreas Janssen wrote: > [...] >> Make sure, that the nvidia-glx package is installed as well. You also >> must change the video driver from "nv" to "nvidia" >> in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. > > Done and done, and I restar

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

2004-11-15 Thread Bram Mertens
Hi On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 16:34, Andreas Janssen wrote: [...] > Make sure, that the nvidia-glx package is installed as well. You also > must change the video driver from "nv" to "nvidia" > in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Done and done, and I restarted X as well. I started nvidia-settings and it brings u

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

2004-11-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Bram Mertens (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 14:19, Andreas Janssen wrote: > [...] >> > All I have to do to install the latest 2.6 kernel is: >> > apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686 kernel-headers-2.6-686 >> >> This packages depend on the latest versions (currently ke

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

2004-11-15 Thread Bram Mertens
Hi On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 14:19, Andreas Janssen wrote: [...] > > All I have to do to install the latest 2.6 kernel is: > > apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686 kernel-headers-2.6-686 > > This packages depend on the latest versions (currently kernel-{image > headers}-2.6.8-9 in Sarge). So I tried

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

2004-11-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Bram Mertens (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 08:45, Andreas Janssen wrote: > [...] >> You should get both packages for the same architecture, otherwise you >> will have problems building or loading the module. Install >> kernel-image-2.6-686 and kernel-headers-2.6-686. T

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

2004-11-15 Thread Bram Mertens
On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 08:45, Andreas Janssen wrote: [...] > You should get both packages for the same architecture, otherwise you > will have problems building or loading the module. Install > kernel-image-2.6-686 and kernel-headers-2.6-686. They should depend on > the latest version. m-a should be

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

2004-11-12 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Bram Mertens (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > [Installing nvidia driver and module-assistant] > Installing module-assistant and nvidia-kernel-common went fine but I > didn't perform the 'module-assistant auto-install nvidia' step yet. > > According to the HOWTO I will also need the package >

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

2004-11-11 Thread Andrew Schulman
Hi Bram. > I would like to install the nvidia drivers on my laptop. I found a > HOWTO that looks very nice on > http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html > > Before starting with the installation I wanted to install all required > packages to see if everything would go as e

installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

2004-11-11 Thread Bram Mertens
Hi I would like to install the nvidia drivers on my laptop. I found a HOWTO that looks very nice on http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html Before starting with the installation I wanted to install all required packages to see if everything would go as easy as it is descr

Re: Installing NVIDIA drivers

2003-10-24 Thread Paul William
1) install kernel headers debian package for you kernel 2) create symlink /usr/src/linux which points to the appropiate kernel headers directory for your current kernel in my case its /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.22-1-k7 (the kernel headers directorys are in /usr/src) On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 08:02

Re: Installing NVIDIA Drivers

2003-10-23 Thread Jerome R. Acks
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 08:04:31PM +0200, Stefan Seifert wrote: > Hi, > I want to install the nvidia drivers NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run. > But when I run it in ends with an error: > > ERROR: Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently running > kernel. >Please make su

Re: Installing NVIDIA Drivers

2003-10-23 Thread techlists
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 13:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install the NVIDIA drivers but I get this error: > > ERROR: Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently running kernel. > Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your >

Re: Installing NVIDIA Drivers

2003-10-23 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Stefan Seifert (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I want to install the nvidia drivers > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run. But when I run it in ends with an > error: > > ERROR: Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently > running kernel. > Please make sure you have installed th

Re: Installing NVIDIA Drivers

2003-10-23 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Stefan Seifert wrote: Hi, I want to install the nvidia drivers NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run. But when I run it in ends with an error: ERROR: Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently running kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your

Installing NVIDIA drivers

2003-10-23 Thread Steve
Hi, I'm trying to install the NVIDIA drivers but I get this error: ERROR: Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently running kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have t

Installing NVIDIA drivers

2003-10-23 Thread Steve
Hi, I'm trying to install the NVIDIA drivers but I get this error: ERROR: Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently running kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have

Installing NVIDIA Drivers

2003-10-23 Thread Steve
Hi, I'm trying to install the NVIDIA drivers but I get this error: ERROR: Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently running kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have t

Installing NVIDIA Drivers

2003-10-23 Thread Stefan Seifert
Hi, I want to install the nvidia drivers NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run. But when I run it in ends with an error: ERROR: Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently running kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your kernel; on Red