How to install NVIDIA Driver for Debian Linux

1. Get into pure console mode ( runlevel3 )

• Reboot into Recovery Mode or switch down to run level3 or the equivalent
• Ctrl + Alt + F1

# /etc/init.d/gdm stop
# apt-get update
# apt-get install binutils build-essential

2. Install Kernel Sources

# apt-get install linux-source-2.6.12 or
# apt-get install linux-source-'uname -r' ( -r or -a ) or
# apt-get install linux-source-$(uname -a)
# cd /usr/src
# tar -jxvf linux-source-2.6.12
# ln -s linux-source-2.6.12 linux

ถ้าติดตั้ง linux-source ไม่ได้ในขั้นตอนนี้อาจจะข้ามไปในขั้นตอนต่อไปได้เลย

3. Install Kernel Headers

# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

4. Install Nvidia Driver

# wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/100.14.23/ NVIDIA-Linux-X86-100.14.23.pkg1.run
( or download from http://www.nvidia.com )
# cd /usr/src && sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.23-pkg1-run
( to launch the Nvidia install script )

• Accept the license agreement to continue
• Select No on the first question prompting to download kernel from nVidia
• Click Ok to compile a new kernel
• Select No at the prompt to abort now
• Let the installer finish the build
• Select Yes to let nVidia-xconfig automatically update your xorg.conf file
• Click Ok
• Once the installer has completed, type startx and enjoy you new video hardware enabled Lenny with nVidia driver or

# /etc/init.d/gdm start

You can change your resolution and other advanced video card setting via the nice NVIDIA X Server Settings control applet.
Simply navigate to Application -> System Tools -> NVIDIA X Server Settings


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:

#Load "dri" #Load "GLcore"

In Section "Device" make sure you use the NVIDIA driver :

Driver "nvidia"

And finally comment the whole Section "DRI"

#Section "DRI"
# Mode 0660
#EndSection

เสร็จแล้วครับ ต้องเอามาเรียบเรียงและรวม ๆ มาเพราะว่า บางที่ก็ใช้ได้ครึ่ง ไม่ได้ครึ่ง ก็เลยต้องเอามาเรียบเรียงในส่วนที่เราทำแล้วใช้งานได้

ต้นฉบับจาก
http://technowizah.com/2006/11/debian-how-to-nvidia-drivers.html
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_
Multimedia/HOWTO_Installing_nVidia_Grapics_Drivers_on_Debian_Etch