Debian Nvidia Driver Mini How-To
My ATI Radeon 9800 burnt yesterday morning. The heat sync fan was not able to function properly so all the plastic parts above of the heat sync (fan, fan holder etc) were melted. Pretty sad incident, immediately I got myself a replacement card - Nvidia FX5500. Apparently I can’t make it without computer, even for a day.
This is it, a low end AGP display card until my next hardwares upgrade. Here I’m gonna write down the process I did in order to install Nvidia Driver on my debian box. Everything was done with Synaptic and a few command lines input.
First step, install these packages.
- module-assistant(very handy tool, a must to have to handle your modules need)
- nvidia-kernel-common(nvidia kernel source)
Now you are ready to setup nvidia kernel module. Type the following commands in console(with root) to get it done.
#m-a -i prepare
#m-a a-i -i -t -f nvidia-kernel
#depmod -a
Now the kernel module should be ready, get the driver now.
- nvidia-glx
After installing the driver, you need to edit your X server config file. For me it’s in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Codes:
Section ”Device”
Identifier ”Nvdia FX5500″
Driver ”nvidia”
BusID ”PCI:3:0:0″
EndSection
Change the Device section in your x config file, assign “nvidia” for the driver. You can change the Identifier to name reflects to your card model.
Restart your X server, and if you see the nvidia splash screen when X server starts, then everything should be done. I got to know that there’s an easy installer distributed by Nvidia for linux, if any of you managed to use that, please share your experience.
P/S: I’m running Debian Unstable, Kernel 2.6.17-2-686.
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April 6th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Awesome read. Really handy info.