Debian 5.x ( Lenny ) and Nvidia

just want to share..

Lenny just about confusing me a little bit when trying to configure X. i found no Module section on xorg.conf and no driver for VGA device. here what i did..

as root:-

#apt-get install module-assistant nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfig
#m-a auto-install nvidia-kernel${VERSION}-source

then edit xorg.conf but first we make a backup ( always! )

#cd /etc/X11
#cp xorg.conf xorg.conf-old
#pico xorg.conf

put this if not exists

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

then put following driver to VGA Device section

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

now you can restart X. Nvidia logo shown on your screen telling you that you are using nvidia driver