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nVidia graphics drivers on Debian?

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KernelPanic:
AFAIK there is no 'Debian installer', you just have to use the gerneric installer of the prorietary nvidia driver.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

Download the relevent driver, then drop out of X and:
$ sh ./NVIDIA-xx-xx-yy-blah-blah.run

This will compile (if nessesary) and install the kernel module (nvidia). You will then need to modify your xorg.conf/XF86Config so that you are using the nvidia driver rather than nv. Restart X and enjoy.
Also, read the docs on the nvidia page for any quirks.

solemnwarning:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Don't use the official nVidia installer, it breaks a lot of debian!

Do all this as root:
1. Open your /etc/apt/sources.list is whatever editor you want
2. On the end of both your main deb repo lines add " non-free contrib"
3. Save the file and run `apt-get update`
4. Run `apt-get install module-assistant nvidia-glx nvidia-settings`
5. Run `m-a a-i nvidia`
6. Run `echo nvidia >> /etc/modules"`
6. Run `dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86` and select the nvidia driver

if you are running a debian stock kernel you will also need to download the apt package containing the kernel headers.

Also, build ur own kernels, debian stock kernels suck :P

WMD:

--- Quote from: solemnwarning ---NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Don't use the official nVidia installer, it breaks a lot of debian!
--- End quote ---

Yeah right.  On its own, it does barely anything.

solemnwarning:

--- Quote from: WMD ---Yeah right.  On its own, it does barely anything.
--- End quote ---

No, really it overwrites a load of the xserver libs and files which ends up breaking apt and making the server break most of the time

Annorax:

--- Quote from: solemnwarning ---No, really it overwrites a load of the xserver libs and files which ends up breaking apt and making the server break most of the time
--- End quote ---


This is why after reading a few posts, I ignored the nvidia installer completely and did it the debian way.

Next mission: getting either Wine or Crossover to do something reasonably close to running Partypoker's newly fucked client. I'm clueless on how to do that, though.

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