On 2010-04-03 12:26, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
[snip]
I didn't have to do the symlink that Ron mentions, but maybe mesa didn't
get updated.
It will, though, it WILL.
BTW God does not Intend you to boot straight into the console, He
Intends you to have multiseat systems.
Die infidel scum!
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 2010-03-30 10:10, Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Mennens
wrote:
For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for
installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by
other distributions I should only use their res
Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
> The nvidia installer from upstream will give you issues.
Actually I can't confirm that, using the Nvidia installer for quite a
long time now. My experience is more like 'a walk in the park' to
install it. Very easy, even if rollbacks are needed, eg. at the moment
when 195
On 2010-03-30 15:29, Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
[snip]
The wiki article I linked to in the first page gives a short
comparison of the debian way vs. the nvidia way. There is also a
matter of support. I can not speak for the list, but on IRC the Nvidia
installer is not supported. In general, if you
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Lisi wrote:
>> This is basically what Jordan means by "upstream" in this context - the
>> drivers supplied by nVidia. Note that Jordan's advice is contradicted by
>> Ron. "You pays your money and you takes
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Lisi wrote:
> This is basically what Jordan means by "upstream" in this context - the
> drivers supplied by nVidia. Note that Jordan's advice is contradicted by
> Ron. "You pays your money and you takes your choice." ;-)
OK so I guess it's just personal preferen
On Tuesday 30 March 2010 20:26:15 Carlos Mennens wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Jordan Metzmeier
wrote:
> > The nvidia installer from upstream will give you issues.
> > [snip]
>
> I guess I am not familar with upstream. Is that the same as Squeeze /
> Sid? I basically am just wonderi
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
> The nvidia installer from upstream will give you issues. In debian we
> use module-assistant to install things such as this. You can find a
> detailed guide specific to nvidia drivers here:
> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
On 2010-03-30 10:10, Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for
installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by
other distributions I should only use their respected package manag
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
> For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for
> installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by
> other distributions I should only use their respected package manager
> to use the nvidia drivers listed in t
For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for
installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by
other distributions I should only use their respected package manager
to use the nvidia drivers listed in their repository and avoid using
the binary I downloaded from nVid
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