please, step by step installation of proprietary nvidia driv

[olegich84]

i just installed debian wheezy. i have nvidia geforce gtx 460 1G graphics card. i wish to install the non-free driver. i remember my self once doing it in lmde (mint) and i think the method was called dkms. i donno if it is good for debian testing or not in case of kernel upgrade..

please somebody help step by step to install install this driver. i know there is an article in wiki but it is a bit confusing. im not using custom kernel or smthng, just downloaded the 64 bit net install yesterday and installed on my machine. plase make it copy-pasteable as poosible. thanks in advance!

[cynwulf]

http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

[Teufel]

I've do it in this manner (3 times with different driver's versions 195.36.31, 195.36.24 and 295.20):

1. NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.31-pkg1.run was found (via google) and downloaded
2. Alt+Ctrl+F1 and login as root.
3. killall kdm
4. telinit 3
5. cd <where the driver was saved>
6. sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.31-pkg1.run
If the installer can't found dkms modules or sources to build it, reboot, install necessary modules and repeat all the steps again.

[bmc5311]

I've do it in this manner (3 times with different driver's versions 195.36.31, 195.36.24 and 295.20):

1. NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.31-pkg1.run was found (via google) and downloaded
2. Alt+Ctrl+F1 and login as root.
3. killall kdm
4. telinit 3
5. cd <where the driver was saved>
6. sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.31-pkg1.run
If the installer can't found dkms modules or sources to build it, reboot, install necessary modules and repeat all the steps again.

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aptitude install dkms

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aptitude install nvidia-glx

[Teufel]

just check 2 checkboxes in synaptic and press Install button if you looking for a easy way

[olegich84]

install only dkms and nvidia-glx?? there is no need for all this:

nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx build-essential nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig

and then run: nvidia xconfig ????

i understand that "nvidia-settings" is optional, but what about "xconfig, build essential"? and also u said "dkms" instead of "nvidia-kernel-dkms"?

so.. i get the global picture but i dont think i m really sure if i get it right. please, is "nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx build-essential nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig" what i need or it is unnecessary?
please help me not to mess up my first install..

[cynwulf]

Did you read the link I posted? This does not warrant a thread/discussion - all the information you need is in the wiki. Follow just this part: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Use_DKMS

[olegich84]

yes i did read the dkms part in wiki, but it is strange to me that all u need is headers and nvidia-kernel-dkms without nvidia-glx and nvidia-xconfig. i remember i was installing nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx and nvidia-xconfig some half year ago on another debian based distro to make it work. i just thought that maybe the dkms part in wiki was in incomplete or that i just missed something.

[cynwulf]

You don't need nvidia-xconfig: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDr ... _xorg.conf

nvidia-glx will get installed as a recommended dependency of nvidia-kernel-dkms: http://packages.debian.org/stable/nvidia-kernel-dkms

If you want nvidia-settings then install it: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDr ... nformation