On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:43:26PM -0400, Hugh Lawson wrote:
I've been trying to install the nvidia driver. I managed to get it
working, but my solution is not entirely satisfactory, because it's
vulnerable to an update of the nvidia-glx-legacy package. I'll trace
through the problem, and
Owen Townend [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hugh wrote:
The init file /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx-legacy was causing the X crashes,
by fiddling with needed links and file locations in the libraries. I
fixed this by the following:
Owen wrote:
Are you using the legacy
drivers or are they simply
Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As far as I know you are *not* supposed to have both, so you should
purge the package nvidia-glx-legacy. You might want to restore that file
first, otherwise dpkg will complain about a missing file.
Thanks Andrei,
I did dpkg --purge
Hugh Lawson wrote:
Since posting, I've done some more work.
nvidia-glx-legacy has been purged; now I have nvidia-glx.
AFAIK you don't need nvidia-glx if you are using the script from the
nvidia site. nvidia-glx is for the module in the repository.
Nevertheless, /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx
Wackojacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hugh Lawson wrote:
Since posting, I've done some more work.
nvidia-glx-legacy has been purged; now I have nvidia-glx.
Wacko wrote:
You are mixing the two methods of installing the the nvidia module.
1. Use the script from the nvidia site and nothing
I've been trying to install the nvidia driver. I managed to get it
working, but my solution is not entirely satisfactory, because it's
vulnerable to an update of the nvidia-glx-legacy package. I'll trace
through the problem, and perhaps somebody can point to a better way.
Debian etch
nVidia
On 24 Mar 2008 20:43:26 -0400, Hugh Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been trying to install the nvidia driver. I managed to get it
working, but my solution is not entirely satisfactory, because it's
vulnerable to an update of the nvidia-glx-legacy package. I'll trace
through the
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