On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 09:56 -0500, Seb wrote: > On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:02:34 +0530, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alok G. Singh) wrote: > > [...] > > > There is a beta 9625 driver out which fixes the problem on my > > 6200TC. The debs are in experimental. You'll also need nvidia-glx. > > Thanks, yes, I had an interesting off-list exchange with somebody that > pointed this out to me as well. However, I'm now unsure about how to > uninstall my non-Debian Nvidia driver that I got directly from Nvidia. > I couldn't find any directions on how to do this on their documentation. > Can somebody please provide some pointers on how to do this? In fact, the > only reason I didn't go with the Debian package to start with is because I > wasn't sure which package to install (there are several nvidia-* packages > and it's not clear which one is needed for any particular system). So any > help on making this choice is appreciated.
The nvidia-installer indiscriminately overwrites key files in /usr, leading to major system death in the event of upgraded X-related packages. The Debian packages come in three parts that you need care about. nvidia-glx contains the driver for your current architecture. In order to function, it requires a kernel module, provided by nvidia-kernel-NVIDIAVERSION. This package doesn't actually exist - you create one, by compiling against your specific kernel, using "module-assistant" and "nvidia-kernel-source". More specifically, "m-a prepare && m-a a-i nvidia" will download everything required to compile an nvidia kernel module, create the .deb, and install it (or will use your local nvidia-kernel-source package if it's newer than your mirror). With your nvidia-kernel-NVIDIAVERSION installed, you can install nvidia-glx. You may also wish to add nvidia-glx-ia32 (32-bit driver, for use with 32-bit apps) and nvidia-settings (control panel thing to control card settings) to the mix. --Jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
