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From: Camaleón on 3 Jun 2010 04:30
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:44:36 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Camaleón wrote:

>> I installed nvidia from Debian "non-free" repo by following these
>> instructions:
>>
>> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
>
> I think those instructions are deprecated.

Not for Lenny (stable) :-)

> If you are using current
> non-free you have to do something like:
>
> apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms
>
> It should automatically build the latest nvidia driver for your running
> kernel.

Nice!

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From: Mathieu Malaterre on 3 Jun 2010 06:00
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:51 AM, James Stuckey <jhstuckey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Mathieu Malaterre
> <mathieu.malaterre(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Camaleón <noelamac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:34:53 +0200, Jonas Stein wrote:
>> >
>> >> There are many ways to get a nvidia vga device running in debian. But
>> >> wich one is the debian way?
>> >> I tried different ways, bu i get different errormessages and
>> >> graphicerrors. I want to try an "official" way to install a NV FX 520
0
>> >> befeore i create bugreports.
>> >>
>> >> Where can i find the latest howto about the nv installation with 3d
>> >> support? (...and dualhead viewport)
>> >
>> > I installed nvidia from Debian "non-free" repo by following these
>> > instructions:
>> >
>> > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
>>
>> I think those instructions are deprecated. If you are using current
>> non-free you have to do something like:
>>
>> apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms
>>
>> It should automatically build the latest nvidia driver for your running
>> kernel.
>>
>> HTH
>> --
>> Mathieu
>>
>>
>>
>
> That's exactly what I've been wanting for a long time. Though one should
> note that in addition to installing that, it is also necessary to install
> nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-ia32.

On a related note, I manage to shoot myself in the foot by installing
nvidia-glx from stable. Make sure to take exactly the same version.


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From: James Stuckey on 3 Jun 2010 06:00
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <
mathieu.malaterre(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Camaleón <noelamac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:34:53 +0200, Jonas Stein wrote:
> >
> >> There are many ways to get a nvidia vga device running in debian. But
> >> wich one is the debian way?
> >> I tried different ways, bu i get different errormessages and
> >> graphicerrors. I want to try an "official" way to install a NV FX 5200
> >> befeore i create bugreports.
> >>
> >> Where can i find the latest howto about the nv installation with 3d
> >> support? (...and dualhead viewport)
> >
> > I installed nvidia from Debian "non-free" repo by following these
> > instructions:
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
>
> I think those instructions are deprecated. If you are using current
> non-free you have to do something like:
>
> apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms
>
> It should automatically build the latest nvidia driver for your running
> kernel.
>
> HTH
> --
> Mathieu
>
>
>
>
That's exactly what I've been wanting for a long time. Though one should
note that in addition to installing that, it is also necessary to install
nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-ia32.
From: Charles Kroeger on 4 Jun 2010 14:20
http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.html


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From: Jonas Stein on 4 Jun 2010 15:10
>>> I tried different ways, bu i get different errormessages and
>>> graphicerrors. I want to try an "official" way to install a NV FX 5200
>>> befeore i create bugreports.
>
> apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms

The package says it only supports GeForce 6xxx and higher :(


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