On 3/16/2010 9:46 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
Yes, the proprietary nvidia binary driver is another possibility. It's
great when it works, but it breaks often with maintenance to X or
the kernel.
It always requires reinstalling with kernel ABI changes, because it
requires a kernel module compiled for the running kernel. That also
makes it hard to run a different kernel and switch between them. A
change to X also usually require a reinstall, and often a new version of
the driver, as changes to X often *do* break the driver.
A real problem is that Debian is not compatible with the proprietary
driver. Routine system maintenance overwrites files and ruins
configurations, requiring reconfiguration. The proprietary driver is
not packaged like a regular Debian package, and is not installed "in the
Debian Way". This has up to now been mostly harmless, but things could
be better.
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