On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:19:06 +0100, Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...] > 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. Thanks Jo for these very helpful suggestions. Before tackling that though, I tried to uninstall the Nvidia driver I installed with Nvidia's own script using (thanks to a previous poster): sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2.run --uninstall But this sort of wrecked my system because next time I tried to reboot, X would not come up with the usual dialog to log in. I had to install it again. Can I proceed as you suggest and then uninstall NVidia's driver like above? Cheers, -- Seb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
