[mythtv-users] Is NVIDIA worth the bother?

[Eric Sharkey]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Andy Wettstein <ajw1980 at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you use the packaged versions of the nvidia driver from debian, you
> can use module-assistant to build the kernel package.  Usually this gets
> the job done (as root):  m-a a-i nvidia
>
> You can add the -l option to specify to build for a different version of
> the kernel.
>
> You may need to run 'm-a prepare' first.

Yes, of course.  It's not all that hard.  It's not like you need to
write the driver yourself or anything, it's just one of those extra
things you need to do (and need to remember how to do).  If you
upgrade your kernel every six months or so you probably need to go
back and re-read the instructions to jog your memory and and see what
little tweak has been introduced into the preferred build procedure
since the last time you did it.  It's just a bit annoying.

With open source drivers it's just not an issue.

Eric