> On Tuesday 24 Aug 2004 00:17, Tom Allison wrote: > >> I was able to install by doing: >> apt-get kernel-headers... >> and then running the NVIDIA package they provide on their website. >> >> I don't know, but the kernel-source may be necessary, but I doubt it. I >> have it installed, that's why I mention it. > > It's all well documented what you have to do. Once you realise that the > best > documentation for knowing how to use packages in Debian is often to be > found > in /usr/share/doc/<package-name>, everything becomes straightforward. > (Thanks to those fine chaps, the Debian developers, for their excellent > READMEs.) > > Install these Debian packages :- > nvidia-glx - NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver > nvidia-kernel-common - NVIDIA binary kernel module common files > nvidia-kernel-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source > > Then carefully follow the instructions > in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian >
This would probably work very well and it certainly looked well designed. However, it tends to only work for the 2.4 kernel and I'm working with the 2.6 kernel. I repeatedly was asked to pull in 2.4.x based on dependencies. So, I decided to take a potentially simpler approach of: 1) installing the kernel I want. 2) installing the headers for same kernel. 3) pulling in the nvidia script from the nvidia website. 4) running same script voila! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
