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Re: compiling module nvidia



On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 10:44:45AM +0200, Andreas Richter wrote:
> download the newest driver from http://www.nvidia.com and run the installer as 
> root. It compiles a kernel module and install all necessary files into the 
> right directories. 
> 
> It works here perfectly.

Where works perfectly includes a lovely mess over overwritten files in
/usr that apt/dpkg may replace without warning at some future time
during an upgrade.

It may give you a working X driver, but it does not work perfectly,
rather far from it.

Len Sorensen



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