* Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-08-24 09:33:27 -0400]: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 02:53:49AM +0200, Niels Larsen wrote: > > On Friday 24 August 2007 02:35:29 Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > > > > At last I installed a driver direct from nvidia's site, following their > > instructions: > > > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_100.14.11.html > > You really don't want to do that. It WILL break on some future upgrade. > 3rd party installers are always a bad idea. Just get the debian > packages from unstable instead and install those. That will work fine > and upgrade correctly.
The one or two times I've tried to use Debian procedures to update the kernel, it worked okay. But I've also had trouble with it, especially when adding drivers to the mix. I much prefer doing it all myself and understanding where to put every file. But that's just me. -- Tux rox! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
