Installing Nvidia drivers for sarge on 2.6.5

r3dhatter · 05-13-2004, 04:48 PM

I have the 2.6.5 kernel and debian sarge testing. I can't seem to find an easy way to install the nvidia drivers 5336. I tried it using their installer, but it says I need to give it the path to the kernel with --kernel-source-path, but I am not sure where the kernel is held.

I also would try apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source, but there is no package for it yet. How do I install these?

Thanks

dastrike · 05-13-2004, 04:55 PM

I have written some instructions for how to install them:
http://serios.net/content/debian/nvi...ay-drivers.php

r3dhatter · 05-13-2004, 06:48 PM

Thanks, I was missing the headers, the drivers are installed now though.

Although, I still can not get above 60 Hz, I know I can too because I have with other distros. What do i have to add or change in the x86config file to get above 60hz?

dastrike · 05-13-2004, 07:23 PM

Look up the specs for your monitor, the vertical refresh and horizontal sync value intervals are mentioned there. Then update the values in your X configuration by any means you find convenient.

r3dhatter · 05-13-2004, 08:52 PM

Thanks.
I just made it 30.0-95.0 and 50.0-160.0. Ill see if that helps.

Do I comment out dri and GLcore ?

and does anyone happen to know how to set gamma in kde?
Should it be 1.0 or 1.2 or 1.8? Or does it not matter.

dastrike · 05-13-2004, 09:00 PM

I see no need to comment out those lines.

For reference, here is how my XF86Config-4 looks like: http://dastrike.dyndns.org/misc/XF86Config-4.txt

And I don't know really regarding the gamma.

r3dhatter · 05-13-2004, 09:12 PM

For some reason I still can't get above 60hz even though I changed it to 30-95 and 50-160. What program do you use to change the resolution. I was just using display in kde. It doesn't seem to take what I put in the x86config file.

r3dhatter · 05-14-2004, 06:39 PM

bump, anyone know how to raise the 60hz? I can't find a way to raise it even if I do set it higher in the x86config file......

Thanks