====== NVIDIA drivers Installation On Debian Linux HOWTO ======


A quick and easy tutorial about how to install NVIDIA drivers as simply as possible.




===== Prerequisites =====


In this tutorial, I use sudo to get root privileges. Check out this tutorial if you need help in configuring sudo.

As a starting point, download the latest stable drivers. Note that if you want AIGLX to work, you'll need at least the 1.0-9629 version of the driver.

Then you'll need to install a few packages :
<code>
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
</code>
Debian Sarge (stable) users have to replace linux-headers with kernel-headers.



===== Installation =====


First you'll need to kill the X server. You can do that by switching to console #1 : press **CTRL-ALT-F1** simultaneously.

Once there, log in with your username and password.

Stop the graphical login manager :
<code>
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
</code>
Then install the drivers :
<code>
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9746-pkg1.run
</code>
and follow the installation process.

Make sure you tell the installer to automatically modify your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file so you'll end up using the NVIDIA drivers.



===== xorg.conf =====


If you haven't, then you simply have to make a few changes to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Here they are. Debian Sarge users have to modify /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 instead.

In Section "Modules" comment the dri and GLcore modules :
<code>
#Load "dri"
#Load "GLcore"
</code>
In Section "Device" make sure you use the NVIDIA driver :
<code>
Driver "nvidia"
</code>
And finally comment the whole Section "DRI" :
<code>
#Section "DRI"
#        Mode    0666
#EndSection
</code>
Here is an example xorg.conf file with the proper changes made.



===== X =====


Once done, load the NVIDIA module :
<code>
sudo modprobe nvidia
</code>
And restart the graphical login manager, which will bring back X :
<code>
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
</code>


===== Tips =====


If you happen to update your kernel, then you don't need to reinstall the whole NVIDIA driver, but only the kernel module. So running this command will do the trick :
<code>
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9746-pkg1.run -K
</code>

===== 원문 =====
[[http://technowizah.com/2006/11/debian-how-to-nvidia-drivers.html|원문보기]]