Jonathan Lewis wrote:
On 8/12/05, *Adam Majer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Zachary Rizer wrote:
>--- Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Why do it the dirty way
>>when the proper way
>>exists and is rather easy.
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>It "exists" in experimental. sid's nvidia packages,
>otoh, have been stale since May. That's unacceptable.
> And, correct me if I'm wrong, but that's because all
>of the nvidia packages were removed from Debian
>because of the removal of non-free? Unless I had that
>wrong, but that was a matter of discussion months back.
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1. Non-free was never removed from Debian
2. You can get packages not on your mirror from
packages.debian.org/ <http://packages.debian.org/><package_name>
so,
packages.debian.org/nvidia-glx <http://packages.debian.org/nvidia-glx>
Now, there is no Amd64 binary packages in experimental, so, grab the
sources (see page above)
cd /tmp
then for each of the above,
wget <URL>
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-graphics-drivers_1.0.7667-3.dsc
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-graphics-drivers_1.0.7667.orig.tar.gz
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-graphics-drivers_1.0.7667-3.diff.gz
Then do
dpkg-source -x nvidia-graphics-drivers_1.0.7667-3.dsc
cd nvidia-graphics-drivers*
fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage
cd ..
and you have ALL of the debs ready to install. You'll have to
build your
own nvidia kernel module (as always) after installing the
nvidia-kernel-source package, but that is really not a problem.
Hell of a lot less messy than using the nvidia installer which
messes up
virtually the entire Xorg installation.
- Adam
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I'm not sure how it works, but Kanotix has a built in script to
install nVidia drivers...
I just typed:
install-nvidia-debian.sh
and it did all the work for me. Unfortunately, I'm in windows right
now so I'm not sure on the contents of the script, but my other boot
option is Kanotix 64 bit with kernel 2.6.11 for AMD64. The only thing
it didn't do is configure TwinView for dual monitor support. That's an
issue I'm still trying to work out. Kanotix is based on SID, but I
THINK the script pulls the nvidia files from nvidia, not a debian
repository. (from what I saw watching it install, that's where it
seemed to download them from)
~Jon
Kanotix is designed around the "apt? what's apt?" concept. I've had
words with the distro's creator before and he Just Doesn't Get It.
The nvidia (and ati) scripts:
* wget the latest installers from the GPU manufacturer
* extract them
* spread filth all over /usr, replacing anything troublesome that gets
in the way
* make some kernel modules, and manually put them in places
The sad thing is, nvidia-installer ALREADY has this - but at least
includes an --uninstall option
--Jo Shields
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