On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 01:21:16AM +0100, Paul Nolan wrote: > Tomy Alarie wrote: > >Hi, im trying to install my new video card with a fresh installation of > >debian. Can anyone give me the steps to do it ? > > > >Thanks, > >Tomy > > I have the same card ^_^ > All I did was download the binary driver from www.nvidia.com, then boot > up into run level 3 (no X11) and run the install program. You may need > the kernel headers installed (depending on your version). Next, run > 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86', and on the driver menu, change 'nv' > to 'nvidia'. Finally, run 'dexconf' to write your new X11 config, and > reboot. If it worked, before the login screen you should see a white > screen with the nVIDIA logo.
There's a debian package with the nvidia driver. You should use that rather than downloading directly from nvidia. Check out: /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian
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