to install nvidia drivers on debian you must do it the debian way (i wish you didnt have to)
but i found a great guide at
ive pretty much got all the way through it and have sucessfully buit and installed the kernel module
i have installed the nVidia user-space libraries
all that remains for me to do is to update my XF86Config-4 file
nVidia provide a tool for doing this and it can be run with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. however when i try this i get the error
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process
i am a newbie to linux and i do not know how to figure out why this file is locked. i think it may be because i am running xwindow session, if this is so how do i stop xwindow from running and get into terminal only (id quite like to know the answer to that too
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