How do i install Nvidia Driver 169.12-x86_64 on Debian Etch amd64?
Folks here's info on my setup,I list here my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and my Samsung LN-S4092D monitor LCD TV information as well to help you determine what are the instructions to Nvidia driver 169.12 for Kernel 2.6.18-6-amd64? my video card is XFX GeForce 6600 with 512 mb of DDR 2 ram...
Here's the info sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" # path to defoma fonts FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" EndSection Section "Module" Load "i2c" Load "bitmap" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600]" Driver "nv" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 28-96 VertRefresh 43-60 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600]" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1920x1200" "1792x1344" "1280x1024" "1280x768" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1920x1200" "1792x1344" "1280x1024" "1280x768" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1920x1200" "1792x1344" "1280x1024" "1280x768" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1920x1200" "1792x1344" "1280x1024" "1280x768" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1920x1200" "1792x1344" "1280x1024" "1280x768" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1920x1200" "1792x1344" "1280x1024" "1280x768" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection And now here's my monitor info, Guys, how do i use this information? Monitor Windows description......... Plug and Play Monitor Manufacturer description.... SAMSUNG Manufacturer................ Samsung 覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧 Plug and Play ID............ SAM0210 Serial number............... n/a EDID data source............ Registry (stored) 覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧覧 Manufacture date............ 2005, ISO week 49 EDID revision............... 1.3 Display type and signal..... Digital Sync input support.......... n/a Screen size................. 160 x 90 mm (~8") Power management............ n/a Color characteristics Display gamma............... 2.40 Red chromaticity............ Rx 0.632 - Ry 0.357 Green chromaticity.......... Gx 0.289 - Gy 0.596 Blue chromaticity........... Bx 0.143 - By 0.085 White point (default)....... Wx 0.280 - Wy 0.290 Timing characteristics VESA GTF support............ Not supported Horizontal scan range....... 30-46kHz Vertical scan range......... 59-61Hz Video bandwidth............. 80MHz Extension blocks............ 1 Timing recommendation #1.... 1280x720 at 60Hz Modeline................ "1280x720" 74.250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync Timing recommendation #2.... 1920x540 at 60Hz Modeline................ "1920x540" 74.250 1920 2008 2052 2200 540 542 547 562 +hsync +vsync Timing recommendation #3.... 1920x1080 at 30Hz Modeline................ "1920x1080" 74.250 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1124 interlace +hsync +vsync Standard timings supported 640 x 480 at 60Hz - IBM VGA 1280 x 720 at 60Hz - Samsung 1920 x 540 at 60Hz - Samsung 1920 x 1080 at 30Hz - Samsung Raw EDID base 00: 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 4C 2D 10 02 00 00 00 00 10: 31 0F 01 03 80 10 09 8C 0A E2 BD A1 5B 4A 98 24 20: 15 47 4A 20 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 30: 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 1D 00 72 51 D0 1E 20 6E 28 40: 55 00 A0 5A 00 00 00 1E 01 1D 80 18 71 1C 16 20 50: 58 2C 25 00 A0 5A 00 00 00 9E 00 00 00 FD 00 3B 60: 3D 1E 2E 08 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FC 70: 00 53 41 4D 53 55 4E 47 0A 20 20 20 20 20 01 8D Raw EDID extension (reserved) 00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Display adapter Adapter description......... NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Adapter device ID........... 0x014110DE Display settings............ 1808x1016, 16bpp User/computer information Registered user name........ El1iP3S01D Registered organization..... n/a Network user name........... Administrator Network computer name....... IEHOVAH-0007 I hope this helps you and me in determining what is the proper way to install Nvidia Driver 169.12-x86_64 for kernel 2.6.18-6-amd64? So can any of you help me with this issue? Because, i'm tired of destroying my Hdd...Thanks for helping... |
Install gcc, make and linux-source that match your kernel version. Then open a console :
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su When you are done reboot. That's the "quick and ugly" way. There's a "debian way" to do it, it's more reliable and cleaner : Be sure to have the non-free repository in your source.list (must look like deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free ), then open a console as root : Code:
apt-get install module-assistant Reboot. |
theveillon...
Install the driver like this,
apt-get install module-assistant m-a prepare m-a a-i -i nvidia-kernel-source apt-get install nvidia-glx Then i sh Nvidia-Linux driver Is that the way to install it? thveillon, what is make and how do i install it? |
No, I gave you two different ways to install the driver, the first one uses the nvidia-blablabla.run you've downloaded from nvidia's website, that's the first method (quick and ugly).
The second one uses a tool named "module-assitant" (m-a), it goes with the nvidia driver available with apt-get (synaptic if you use this software as a graphic interface). This two methods are different, and must not be used together !! I would recommend going with the second one (module-assistant), particularly on an etch install. Don't worry about "make" and such if you go with "module-assistant", just install it with Code:
apt-get update If you want to use the first method with the nvidia's website installer you must install make, gcc and linux-source-2.6.18-6-amd64 with apt-get before doing the "sh NVIDIA-blablabla.run" thing. So choose one method, don't mix both. Good luck, may the apt-get force be with you ! ;) |
you may also need build-essential.. I would change that second line to:
aptitude install build-essential module-assistant no big deal if it's already installed.. that's the beauty of Debian's package management |
Then he'll need an "apt-get install aptitude" first... ;)
I don't use build-essential because it messes with the /usr/bin/gcc symlink which I don't like, but it's a way to throw in make and gcc, not linux-source though. |
I know you all want to help, and that's a noble goal, but before you put too much energy into beating this dead horse, you may want to consider this.
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rickh
Thank you, i just want a second opinion...:-D
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