On Mon July 10 2006 01:55, Jo Shields wrote: > Michael Langley wrote: > > It is very simple and easy to set things up using the latest installer > > from the nvidia website. If you choose to go that route then there is > > only one thing that you need to know. The installer from the nvidia > > website puts your drivers and extensions in the old modules location > > which is: > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ > > > > All you need to do to get things working with the nvidia installer is > > copy the contents of the extensions/ and drivers/ directories over to > > the new location which is: > > > > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/ > > > > Or you can use ln to link the directories. > > > > rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions > > ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions > > ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers > > > > Then all you have to do is run the installer. As far as I know this > > doesn't interfere with any debian packages and is even easier than the > > "Debian Way." Enjoy. > > It only "doesn't interfere" because at this moment in time, it doesn't > use XOrg7 file locations. Once nVidia change that, then random files in > /usr will get overwritten when running the installer - which > correspondingly will break the X installation, especially when the > packages owning the overwritten files get replaced. > > In the ~12 months I spent loitering in #debian, almost every broken X > installation happened to people for whom "the nVidia installer always > worked for me". > > Always always *ALWAYS* use a package-managed method for installing > *anything* in /usr, and that especially includes the nvidia drivers.
This has been on my todo list. I've tried to follow instructions I have found on the web but so far I haven't been able to do it. I've got.. http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/ saved in my bookmarks and I think that will help me get it done the debian way from now on. It is working great at the moment but I think the way I did it is going to break my x setup at some time in the future. When that happens (or maybe before) I'll get it done up properly. > >> Thanks Jack, added to my bookmarks. > >> > >> When I run m-a auto-install nvidia I get an error that says > >> "Installation of the nvidia-kernel-source failed. Maybe you need to add > >> something to sources.list." > >> > >> Are all the needed packages in the regular debian archive, or do I need > >> to add something to sources.list for the nvidia stuff? > > What does your sources.list look like? deb http://mirror.look.ca/linux/debian testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirror.look.ca/linux/debian testing main contrib non-free deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing/ etch/security-updates main contrib non-free deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main Is there another listing needed for the nvidia stuff? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
