Phil Burness wrote:
To install the nvidia drivers I need to upgrade my kernel (apparently),
No, you don't need to do this at all. However, you would need to install the kernel SOURCE, which is not installed by default during installation of your OS, if you want to compile a new driver from nVidia (for example, the latest one: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8776-pkg1.run ). When you 'run' the driver, it compiles itself and installs itself using the kernel source. There are instructions on the nVida site on what to do.
currently using 2.6.16.13-4-default. To upgrade my kernel I have to download it and presumably the src code for it. Not a problem in itself, but I then have to get my wireless card working with the new kernel (It's a D-Link G520) not supported as standard. This means I have to obtain and compile / install the madwifi package as well. Once I have done all this and re-booted and re-configured my wireless network card I can get access to the net again and then download and install the drivers.
So the question is - Is it worth it? Are the nvidia drivers so much better than the standard x-org ones? I guess if your running fast games etc. then it probably is, but what other advantages will it give me?
Phil
For normal, daily use for wordprocessing, spreadsheets--probably no advantages. Cheers. -- This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th. George W. Bush 11 Oct 2006