Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote:
Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andreas Richter wrote:
Am Dienstag, 9. August 2005 19:18 schrieb mondrillo:
Hello amd64's list
Hi,
I'm a newbie to the amd64 plataform, and I'm triying to compile a
nVidia [GeForce FX 5200].
I have trying the method related in
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian
download the newest driver from http://www.nvidia.com and run the
installer as root. It compiles a kernel module and install all
necessary files into the right directories. It works here perfectly.
no no NO NO NO NO NO _NO_ _NO_
nvidia-installer _WILL_ break your installation. Maybe not today,
maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life.
PLEASE, NEVER use nvidia-installer on any distribution with a non-crap
package manager.
1) apt-get install build-essential module-assistant
2) check the gcc version used to compile your kernel (cat
/proc/version)
3) if neccessary, install it and set the CC environment variable (this
is definitely going to be gcc-3.4 or gcc-4.0)
4) m-a a-i nvidia
5) modprobe nvidia, and add "nvidia" to the end of /etc/modules
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is this necessary? I didn't do that and everything works fine.
nvidia-installer overwrites files managed by dpkg for shits 'n' giggles.
If (when) your X packages are next updated, that leaves your nvidia
installation messed up and non-functional. If subsequently you run
"nvidia-installer --uninstall", your X installation is more or less
dead, unless you manually reinstall all X-related packages by hand.
Installing arbitrary crap over dpkg-managed files is BAD practice with
Debian.
--Jo Shields
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