Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-11 Thread Andrew Schulman
> Is there some way I can get back into a state where I can run that command > and > save those files? I want to run that to get the question about best > resolution etc. Now that I have the nvidia.ko working the look of the desktop > needs some adjusting. http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debia

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 12:03:58PM -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: > I have upgraded to sid and I have the nvidia modules installed now by "m-a > auto-install nvidia" and they work as expected but because I have manually > edited xorg.conf "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" won't save the files anymore >

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-11 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon July 10 2006 01:55, Jo Shields wrote: > It only "doesn't interfere" because at this moment in time, it doesn't > use XOrg7 file locations. Once nVidia change that, then random files in > /usr will get overwritten when running the installer - which > correspondingly will break the X installa

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-10 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon July 10 2006 01:55, Jo Shields wrote: > Michael Langley wrote: > > It is very simple and easy to set things up using the latest installer > > from the nvidia website. If you choose to go that route then there is > > only one thing that you need to know. The installer from the nvidia > > we

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:20:10 +0200, Alan Ianson wrote: >> > Are all the needed packages in the regular debian archive, or do I >> > need to add something to sources.list for the nvidia stuff? >> >> Which kernel are you running? > > 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 You should probably enable the "contrib" and "

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-10 Thread Jo Shields
Michael Langley wrote: It is very simple and easy to set things up using the latest installer from the nvidia website. If you choose to go that route then there is only one thing that you need to know. The installer from the nvidia website puts your drivers and extensions in the old modules loc

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-09 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sun July 9 2006 17:23, Michael Langley wrote: > It is very simple and easy to set things up using the latest installer > from the nvidia website. If you choose to go that route then there is > only one thing that you need to know. The installer from the nvidia > website puts your drivers and e

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-09 Thread Michael Langley
It is very simple and easy to set things up using the latest installer from the nvidia website. If you choose to go that route then there is only one thing that you need to know. The installer from the nvidia website puts your drivers and extensions in the old modules location which is: /usr/X1

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-09 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sun July 9 2006 17:12, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > Alan Ianson wrote: > > On Sun July 9 2006 16:21, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > >> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:00:14 +0200, Alan Ianson wrote: > >>> 2. Should I install the drivers from the nvidia web site or is there a > >>> better debian way? > >> > >> Of

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-09 Thread Thierry Chatelet
Alan Ianson wrote: On Sun July 9 2006 16:21, Jack Malmostoso wrote: On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:00:14 +0200, Alan Ianson wrote: 2. Should I install the drivers from the nvidia web site or is there a better debian way? Of course the debian way: http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-09 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sun July 9 2006 16:21, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:00:14 +0200, Alan Ianson wrote: > > 2. Should I install the drivers from the nvidia web site or is there a > > better debian way? > > Of course the debian way: > > http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/ Thanks Jack,

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-09 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:00:14 +0200, Alan Ianson wrote: > 2. Should I install the drivers from the nvidia web site or is there a > better debian way? Of course the debian way: http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/ -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on

nvidia video drivers

2006-07-09 Thread Alan Ianson
How does one go about installing the nvidia drivers on an etch amd64 box? I have tried before but haven't been able to get it to work. A couple questions, any advice/ideas welcome. 1. Is there howto or ??? 2. Should I install the drivers from the nvidia web site or is there a better debian way

Re: Successfull install, problems with nvidia video drivers

2005-03-04 Thread kourosh
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 09:24 +0100, Thomas J. Zeeman wrote: > Hi, > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > nvidia-glx: Depends: nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629 but it is not installable > > E: Broken packages > > - > > Have you installed the nvidia-kernel-sour

Re: Successfull install, problems with nvidia video drivers

2005-03-04 Thread Thomas J. Zeeman
Hi, > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > nvidia-glx: Depends: nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629 but it is not installable > E: Broken packages > - Have you installed the nvidia-kernel-source package and created a deb with the kernel-module with it? IIRC that was

Successfull install, problems with nvidia video drivers

2005-03-03 Thread kourosh
Hi, First, I've successfully installed a working pure64 system onto a Monarch Hornet SFF machine with the following specs: FOXCONN WINFAST NFORCE 4 PC I X 939 ATHLON 64/FX CK804K8MA-KS AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 (OEM-939 PIN) Corsair Twinx2048-3200C2PT 2GB (2x 1gb CMX1024-3200C2PT) DDR 400 1024 MB CAS