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Originally Posted by ENDI1111
First off...does wget work on Debian. Basically I am going to need to install the Nvidia driver on my Laptop.
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Sure, wget comes with every distro.
Unless you have a very new card (8x series), you might not need it though.
You can install your 3D nvidia driver like this:
#apt-get install module-assistant
#m-a prepare
#m-a a-i nvidia
#apt-get install nvidia-glx
#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
(you need to add non-free in your sources list for this)
Using this approach is highly recommended if you don't like having to re-install the nVidia driver with every new kernel update.
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Originally Posted by ENDI1111
Some of the problems I have had with other distro's is the installation process freezing up during the GUI install. Example: while formating /boot section of my hard drive on FC6 and F7 the process would freeze up forcing me to install on the text base. I would like to avoid that. I think it is a Video driver issue. If anyone can give me more info on this that would be nice.
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Could you be more specific.
Error messages?
Log files?
The default (and IMO recommended) Debian installer is ncurses based.
You can use a more graphical (Anaconda based) installer as well by booting with "installgui".
Make sure you select the "laptop" option during the installation (when it asks you to select default package sets).
If you forget this(or don't like using the default packages), run "apt-get install powernowd cpufrequtils" after (or during) the installation.
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Originally Posted by ENDI1111
How can I choose driver use on installation startup. i.e. nv driver verse vesa driver?
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These are X drivers and not needed at boot time (since you're planning to use the commercial 3D "nvidia" driver, you probably wont need them at all).
If the installer ends up with a wrong one (nv doesn't fully work with all 8x cards) you'll be dumped in a CLI without X.
Just run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" if that happens.
This will ask you some questions, use the default if you don't know the answer.
When it asks to select a driver, pick either "vesa", or first install the commercial 3D nvidia driver(as explained above) and pick "nvidia"
You can redo this as many times as you like/need.