On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 14:06 -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 13:37 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > Hi Debian! > > > > > > Anybody knows what the differences are between the nv Xfree86 driver > > > (Sarge version) and the Nvidia closed source driver (I use 6111)? > > nvidia is the better driver > > > > I have used both and see little difference, except that with the former > > > I cannot get glx to work. > > > > About sums it up. Which mean OpenGL won't work and DRI fails as well. > > nvidia install sucks the big one ... ( does an incomplete job ) > > to get glxgears ( opengl ) to work, you have to do lots of fiddling > > after several hours of chasing things down .. you need to make sure > your libraries are from the nvidia-*6111 pkg > > the fixes and libs to check for > # > # ndividia's installer does NOT replace/remove all of the old > # glut libs, so you have to check for it and fix it manually > # > http://www.linux-1u.net/MotherBoard/X11.nvidia.install.txt > > http://www.linux-1u.net/MotherBoard/X11.GLUT.install.txt > # > # create the NEW liblut.* if its missing ( probably is ) > # from the *.6111 drivers > #
Provided you have kernel-image-2.6.8-1-$YOUR_ARCH installed As root do the following: apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.8 nvidia-kernel-source cd /usr/src tar zxf nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz tar jxf kernel-source-2.6.8.tar.bz2 cd kernel-source-2.6.8 make-kpkg --config menuconfig configure load alternative config /boot/config-2.6.8-1-$YOUR_ARCH exit and save make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --append-to-version -1-$YOUR_ARCH --revision 2.6.8-4 modules_image cd .. dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.6.8-1-$YOUR_ARCH_1.0.6111-1+2.6.8-4_i386.deb All done. Current revisions available are 6111-1 for nvidia-kernel-source and 2.6.8-4 for the kernel-image and 2.6.8-7 for the kernel-source. Good luck -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part