>o...@larstennstedt.de wrote: > >Hello, > >I have a question about the installation of the binary nvidia driver. >It is a time ago that I used Debian and at that time you could install >the driver with apt-get directly from the non-free repository. I >installed testing/squeeze and sid in virtual machines and was surprised >that I was force to use module-assistant and so on. It is no problem at >all. >1.) Is that the new default way of installing the nvidia driver coming >with Squeeze or is this a temporary situation because Squeeze is still >in testing state? >2.) Is it possible to install the nvidia driver from Sid with >module-assistant? Apt-pinning is already configured. > >Thank you for your help! > >Greetings, >Lars Tennstedt
Hello, did just that, installing nvidia from Sid in Squeeze, without trouble. Just used module-assistant to compile (but not install yet) "nvidia-kernel-source" (manually choosen from Sid with aptitude), then switch to a console. Uninstall old driver if necessary, install nvidia-common and the newly compiled nvidia module. Then install all the rest (nvidia-glx etc...) from Sid as desired. Here it's: aptitude search ~S~i~nnvidia i nvidia-glx i nvidia-glx-ia32 i nvidia-kernel-2.6.30.5-vanilla64 i nvidia-kernel-common i nvidia-kernel-source i A nvidia-libvdpau1 i nvidia-libvdpau1-ia32 i nvidia-settings i nvidia-xconfig Make sure xorg.conf is properly configured (driver "nvidia" in section "Device"), and that's all. If you want the -ia32 packages too, you'll have to play with aptitude to prevent upgrade of your libc6, but nothing complicated. I needed to reboot, reloading x wasn't enough (maybe because I was still running on the previously half-installed nvidia from the infamous ".run"). Runs nicely, kde4 effects are on, Googleearth which wasn't working for me lately is up and running too. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
