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Old 07-08-2009, 02:46 AM   #1
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Installing nVidia driver


Hi all,

I installed the new debian_lenny_5.0.1_amd64 x64, i am having a nVidia Geforce 8500 GT 512 RAM display card. I was trying to install the driver using the synaptic package manager. I installed them, but i was not able to use the driver. I don't know where the drivers are installed and how to use it.
I checked the xorg.conf , and the nVidia driver is not listed there.

Please let me know how to install them .

Thanks
Peeths

Last edited by peeths003; 07-08-2009 at 05:21 AM.
 
Old 07-08-2009, 10:16 AM   #2
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You can install Nvidia drivers in a couple of ways,here's a guide to the 'Debian' method:

http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

Or you can download the installer from Nvidia and do the following:

Remove all nvidia packages installed via Synaptic.
aptitude install module-assistant build-essential
m-a update
m-a prepare

You should now be ready to run the installer.
This must be done without X running.
Reboot into single user mode or do ctrl-alt-f1,login as root,then /etc/init.d/gdm stop(or kdm if appropriate)
Navigate to where you downloaded the Nvidia installer to and run with:
sh Nvidiaxxxx
Let the installer compile the module and edit your xorg.conf,and you should be good to go.Once the installer is finished restart X or reboot.

I know Craigevil is an advocate of smxi so here's a link for that also:

http://smxi.org/

Three methods,i have tried the first two methods and both work.
Never used smxi,so i can't pass comment.

Last edited by the trooper; 07-08-2009 at 01:47 PM.
 
Old 07-08-2009, 03:01 PM   #3
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hey, thanks a lot . I followed the below link

http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

and got it installed and working . Its rocking ..

Thanks
Peeths
 
Old 07-08-2009, 03:17 PM   #4
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Glad to hear you got it sorted.
It's always good to have feedback on a post.
 
Old 07-09-2009, 01:46 AM   #5
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yeah .. that's cool ... thanks ()
 
Old 07-15-2009, 03:43 PM   #6
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that's a good thread .. well done.

I'm dealing with a troublesome X install. Actually X works, but the keyboard is messed up. I have a Spanish (es) keyboard, and it's printing as a US one.

outside of X, my keyboard is workign correctly. X overrules this however. I know I can use xmodmap to help me, but what I noticed is that my xorg.conf is empty, and xmodmap is really for single key mods, not for the entire keyboard.

I have also reconfigured xserver-xorg to no avail. Any advice?

LATER:

Ooops got it. The missing or empty xorg.conf is a common surprise I see, bit 'Xorg -configure' goes quite a way to sorting this out. However the layout option, XkbdLayout, was not there, but I schtuck it in, and now all is good again.

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