"Andrea Vettorello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:32:49 -0000, Brian Coiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Andrea Vettorello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [...] > > > > > Thank you Andrea for your reply. I have spent hours trawling archives, and > > found lots of threads about Nvidia drivers, but none that I could > > understand! I really need a complete idiot's guide to doing this which, as > > you say, will need to come from someone who's done it. > > > > Regarding Sarge, isn't that unstable? What exactly does that mean? How > > exactly would I switch to it? I deliberately chose to install Woody, from a > > set of CD's, because I felt that for a complete dunce like me it would be > > far easier than downloading and installing bleeding-edge stuff that I don't > > understand. > > > > Actually Sarge is an alias of the "testing" Debian branch, in the next > few weeks, when all the release bug will be fixed, will be declared > "stable". Unstable, or Sid, is another branch of Debian, in few words, > it's a fast moving target, packages changes often, and sometimes > things broken up... > > > The problem with Woody is that was released more than 2 years ago, so > you can have some trouble installing with newer HW. Anyway, if you > want to give Sarge a try, modify your /etc/apt/sources.list commenting > or deleting the stable/woody lines and adding something like > > deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free > > and > > deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main > > for security updates. > > I've put the UK Debian mirror, should works without problems, if not > you can choose the mirror you prefer. > > After that, you update the apt packages list with "apt-get update" and > start the installing with "apt-get dist-upgrade". This should proceed > without problems, changing all the Woody packages with the > corresponding Sarge versions. If apt spit out some error messages, > usually an "apt-get -f install" should resolve broken dependencies. If > you still have problems, ask here... =) > > After that, you can install a 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel, in the "non free" > repository (for the details on "non free" look on the Debian pages) > there's a nvidia-kernel-2.4.27-1-386 kernel (or 686,k5,k6,k7, choose > what suits you better), so this could be the easier path to install > the binary nvidia drivers. > > Don't know if you'll find compiled binary drivers or need to compile > them from sources, you should find enough information in the > nvidia-kernel documentation and, in case of compiling from sources, > you should find some scripts to automate the process. > > Hope this helps. > > > Andrea >
OK, thanks a lot Andrea, I'm going to try the upgrade - watch this space! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
