unwanted removal of nvidia

[lanzen]

> I tried to install one of the nvidia tools, nvidia-settings 
> yesterday to tweak/check my nvidia setup. After installing 
> and rebooting I lost X.

I know I am not answering your question, but it seems to me - I wouldn't
swear it, but I seem to remember so - that nvidia-setting is already
installed with nvidia-glx. You just have to run nvidia-settings in a
terminal and there you have it.

I also put a command in the menu so that I can run it the "easy way".

> Why on earth would the software tools 
> allow something fundamental like screen/display drivers to 
> be removed leaving a broken system?

In a way, if nvidia-settings would appear in the menu from the very
beginning, any problem like the one you describe could be avoided.

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