[pkg-nvidia-devel] looking at Ubuntu nvidia package?

[Harald Dunkel]

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On 02/06/10 06:54, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> 
> Ubuntu went for another approach: There are basically 3 packages:
> 
> 	nvidia-current
> 	nvidia-current-dev
> 	nvidia-current-modalias
> 
> The kernel module is managed using dkms. The libraries to use are
> selected via ldconfig.
> 
> I really like this idea.
> 

To show how this might work in Debian I have ported the Ubuntu packages.
If you are interested in these experimental(!) packages, please check

	http://darkharri.de/nvidia-current/

This is Nvidia's driver version #195.36.15. It is still beta. Use at
your own risk.

Currently nvidia-current requires to register an extra module directory
in your xorg.conf:

	:
	Section "Files"
	    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules"
	    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	:

The sequence is important. Ubuntu's Xserver has been patched to search
this extra directory by default.


Have fun

Harri
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