What package(s) are needed to install nvidia support ?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:49:58AM +1000, James Gregory wrote:

> Just on this, I expected that installing the packages would alter my X
> config, like the livna packages for fedora. I was quite surprised when I
> had to edit my X configuration (I was unaware that using the reconfigure
> script would do that for me). I think the expectation for Joe User would
> be that installing drivers makes the hardware work straight away.

It's not clear to me how this would be implemented properly; I'd like to
hear Fabio's input on it.

> Also, I managed to get them going but it's not automatically loading the
> nvidia module. I ran update-modules, because there are nvidia files in
> /etc/modules.whatever but still no joy. It's quite likely I've done
> something "wrong", but I didn't get any clues as to what was "right".

The module should be loaded automatically by hotplug at boot time; you
should be able to run /etc/init.d/hotplug restart to trigger it without
rebooting.

> Finally (and this probably belongs in bugzilla but anyway), I upgraded my
> kernel with apt and used apt to get the nvidia stuff. The nvidia package
> installation complained that there was already stuff in
> /lib/modules/`uname -r`. I thought to myself "of course there is!".
> Anyway, it suggested that I move that dir out of the way and continue with
> installation. Which I did. I eventually had to copy the old directory onto
> the new one to get it to work.

Can you be more specific?  Which package complained?  Do you have a
transcript of the upgrade?

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 - mdz