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I have followed many faulty or whacky guides in my days that took me as far as to compiling a new kernel, upgrading to Debian testing or waisitng 4+ hours of a friends life (I'm sorry, dear. I'll make it up to you.). So I thought I would share my method. Because I care about you.
This is intended for a fresh install of #! but will most likely work anyway.
First, go to http://www.geforce.com/drivers to locate and download your driver. It'll most likely, probably and unavoidably be the 331.49 version. At least until a newer one is released.
Prepare the driver by issuing this command:
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.49.run
Now, log into teletype terminal 1 by hitting CRTL + ALT + F1.
Kill X by issuing this command:
sudo service slim stop
And now prepare for the installation of the driver by issuing the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo m-a prepare
Now locate the driver and run it:
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.49.run
It will ask you if it's cool to harras Nouveau and create it's own xorg.conf. This is fine, you want this. After this, the installation will fail.
Reboot, then:
CTRL + ALT + F1
sudo service slim stop
I may have trown in another m-a prepare for good meassure.
Run the installer again. (and yes, you do want the 32-bit libraries.)
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.49.run
Reboot. Done.
For some, all the fonts will be crazy small. This seem to happen on certain high-res LCD monitors.
If yours are looking nasty and small, open the ~/.Xresources and find a line that looks something like this:
!Xft.dpi: 96
Just change the line to this:
Xft.dpi: 75
A dpi of 96 may work fine too. Use what works for you. But make sure to remove the ! to uncomment the line.
Save. Log out and then back in.
Last edited by theBat (2014-03-06 17:46:29)
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Out of curiosity, did you try using smxi to install?
Good guide either way
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No, I did not and thank you.
And here is a quick update;
I have found that some packages are conflicting with Nvidias 32-bit libraries. The error being that you can lose openGL real-time rendering. Which is bad if you're a Blender user, like myself. I have not located the specific error, but I have found a way around it.
Updating your system, installing Skype and other questionable softwares that you may want, before you install the driver worked for me.
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Hi Bat,
Thanks for the HowTo. I couldn't get nvidia/CUDA working using a method similar to yours (I'm a bit of a noob with hardware and drivers), but I desperately wanted it for GPU rendering with Blender. smxi has made it easy though....
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Hello Damo!
Yes, there is a similar method to mine that will disable CUDA. How ever, CUDA is working fine for me and this methos only takes a minute or two. So next time, I recommend it.
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