Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-09 Thread Gregory Sharp
On Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:10:38 +0100 floris wrote: > Gregory Sharp schreef op 2018-11-08 19:01: > > > > Questions: > > > > 1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? > > > > 2) What might be a recommended upgrade path for me? > > From bug 903770 [1]: > > ... the nvid

Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-09 Thread floris
Gregory Sharp schreef op 2018-11-08 19:01: I am currently running stretch with the nvidia display driver. The nvidia-driver package is not installed. Instead, the nvidia-kernel-dkms package and other packages needed for the display driver and CUDA are installed. While attempting an upgrade t

Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

2018-11-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 13:01:26 -0500 Gregory Sharp wrote: Hello Gregory, >1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? Doesn't want to remove xorg here. As nvidia-driver is a metapackage, it's not entirely necessary to install it in any case. -- Regards _ / )

Re: Installing NVIDIA driver

2003-10-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 08:19:58PM +0200, Stefan Seifert wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install the nvidia driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run > but when I run the setup there is an error: Yes, we know already...send once, wait for responses. -

Re: Installing nvidia driver ; Detecting ethernet card with new kernel

2003-09-17 Thread Shriram Ramanathan
Hi, > Let NVIDIA-Linux-x86-4496-pkg2.run compile a new driver for you. The installer package tries to download the kernel version from its own website but it fails. Is that what you mean ? If not, can you be more explicit ? Thanks, shriram. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Installing nvidia driver ; Detecting ethernet card with new kernel

2003-09-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 20:53, Shriram Ramanathan wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed woody. The installation discs installed kernel > 2.2.20-compact. I have been struggling with installing the nvidia Riva > TNT-2 driver. I downloaded the package > "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run" from the nvid