Re: How to install drivers on debian
From: Tim McCoy (tmccoy_at_hotPOP.com)
Date: 03/10/04
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:58:53 +1100
On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 15:04:01 -0800, adel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to learn administering a linux system and would need to
> know where exactly I could find good information concerning the
> installation of drivers on debian linux. Could you please send me some
> links?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> adel
It depends on what you're looking to do. I've documented everything I've
done over the past year or so on my homepage (see signature below) and
otherwise, "drivers" (you are a Windows-er, aren't you?) are more based
upon kernel compiles for most things.
Debian makes that rather easy with the "kernel-package" tool, allowing you
to readily create a binary image (.deb) that installs just like a normal
package. The newer kernels support more and more things - but sometimes
you need to compile kernel modules, and having a source tree handy (and a
knowledge of building a custom kernel) is rather nice.
The drivers/modules I've compiled on debian include:
NVIDIA drivers for hardware video acceleration
winmodem (connexant)
Wireless cards (DLink Texas instruments)
Hardware sensors (temperatures, fan speeds etc)
...the list goes on - depends on what you want to do!
Debian also makes life a little easier, as if you need an additional
package in support of another, then it's fairly easy to make that happen
(yay for "apt-get install")
Some drivers are also outside of the kernel - like some XFree86 drivers.
For that, check the documentation at www.xfree.org
Cheers
Tim
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