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!!! Compiling Nvidia Drivers

Make sure your system is up to date:

<verbatim>
aptitude upgrade
aptitude full-upgrade
</verbatim>

Now create a testing/unstable mix. Edit <tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt>, duplicate the <tt>testing</tt> lines (except the <tt>security</tt> ones) and change the duplicates to <tt>sid</tt>. Then complete the operation:

<verbatim>
echo 'APT::Default-Release "testing";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf
apt-get update
</verbatim>

__WARNING__ to [Synpatic] users: Synaptic ignores <tt>Default-Release</tt>. You'll have to also set ''Preferences → Distribution''.

After that, compile and install the [Module]:

<verbatim>
aptitude install module-assistant
aptitude -R -t sid install nvidia-kernel-source
m-a prepare
m-a a-i nvidia
aptitude -t sid install nvidia-glx
</verbatim>

Next, you have to [configure xorg.conf | http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers].

One page links to SqueezeNotes:

NvidiaDriverHowto

Last edited on Sunday, March 21, 2010 9:25:06 pm by AristotlePagaltzis

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