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pico

#! Member

Registered: 2011-01-23

Posts: 66

What drivers are there for the Nvidia ion

Ok, so I've had crunchbang installed on an acer revo. It has not been my primary desktop so I haven't bothered installing the drivers for the graphics card. Until now, that is.

I've searhed a bit around but most of the info is getting a bit old. I would like to install nvidia proprietary drivers because last time I did so, they were clearly superior than the alternatives.

could somebody point me in the right direction? I'm running statler.

jotapesse

#! Junkie

From: Algarve, Portugal

Registered: 2009-02-07

Posts: 312

Re: What drivers are there for the Nvidia ion

Just install latest Nvidia drivers available from debian. I recommend the DKMS method. Easy. I'm currently running v. 304.43. Latest versions are available from unstable or testing repositories, or backports for stable.

$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings nvidia-vdpau-driver vdpau-va-driver

You should also read this. Remember to search the forums first.

Last edited by jotapesse (2012-09-17 11:27:46)

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xf

Member

From: Vienna

Registered: 2012-09-12

Posts: 19

Re: What drivers are there for the Nvidia ion

The ION GPU is supported by the nvidia-glx package in the stable repositories. (v.195.xx)
You can also install from squeeze backports: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/nvidia-glx (v.295.xx)

Hint: The ION supports the VDPAU libray. If you don't have a strong cpu, you can forward the video (i.e. 1080p and flash streams) via vdpau to the gpu.

Last edited by xf (2012-09-17 11:15:27)

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