According to Marcus Crafter, > Hi Tony, > > On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 03:57:26AM -0800, Tony Godshall wrote: > > Thanks for the reply, Marcus. > > > > Any tips on how to install a proprietary driver "safely" > > (i.e. in a way that can be backed out if it doesn't work > > right)? I suppose I could just do a complete backup. > > I installed the nvidia driver via the debian package (nvidia-glx and > nvidia-kernel-source) which should be reversible.
Excellent! Thanks for the tip. > Worked fine for me - I'm > running sid though - will these packages work with your debian-like > distribution? I expect so, since I'm running lots of stuff from testing and I've run xfree86 from sid before. So far I've been able to update the /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get -s install whatever (occasionally it wants to remove packages I don't want removed (thus the -s), so I have to track down Debian vs. Xandros dependencies, but mostly it Just Works). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
