Michael M. Moore wrote: > I thought I'd try the proprietary nvidia driver (currently using 'nv'), > so I've been reading through the how-to on the wiki here: > > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers > > I'm a little concerned, though, that it might be out-of-date (for one, > because it keeps talking about Etch), especially given the changes in > xorg. Specifically, step 3: > > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#ConfigureXtousethenvidiadriver > > It says for Lenny you have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to load "glx" > module and remove "dri" or "GLCore" modules, under the "Module" section; > and that you need to change the driver (from "nv" to "nvidia") under the > "Device" section. > > My xorg.conf has no module section and the "Device" section is only: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > EndSection > > I thought HAL had taken over some of the functions formerly handled in > xorg.conf, but there's no mention of that on the wiki doc. > > So what exactly is the procedure for installing the proprietary driver > now?
For me, on Testing, it was 'aptitude install nvidia-glx'. That was it. Oh, wait, maybe I had to run 'nvidia-xconfig', but that was definitely _it_. I absolutely, positively, did not have to edit any config files. -- J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
