Re: Kernel Source

Chris Howie wrote:

[snipped...]

Again, you only need the headers.

# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) module-assistant
# m-a a-i nvidia
# apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-settings
# modprobe nvidia
# echo nvidia >> /etc/modules
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg


Thanks for the info, as you can see I'm pretty clueless about this kind
of thing. I take it the "m-a a-i" bit is something to do with this
module-assistant package...? Do I need to install the NVidia drivers
after doing all of the above...?

I'll give all of that a go when I get home this evening.

Cheers,

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