On Thu, 01 May 2008 08:59:45 +0200, Eilko wrote:

> But I still fail to install the drivers.. When I installed Debian,
> I entered my ip-address, the subnet and the gateway, and a number of dns
> servers, and it al works when I login under my user account. But
> installing nVidia is blocked because X is running.

You can kill X while keeping the network up. See below.

> When I login as a single-user (via the Grub menu), X is not started, but
> the network doesn't work either! So I can start installing the drivers
> but during that process it wants to download additional headers from
> nvidia.com and that fails...

None of that makes any sense. As the unprivileged user you download the
driver from nVidia. The file name will be NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.12-pkg2.run
Then press three keys simultaneously, ALT-CTRL-F2. That will take you to
a console session and you log in as root. Alternatively, you can skip
that step and su to root and...

Execute '/etc/init.d/gdm stop'. Now change directory (cd) to where you
downloaded the nVidia driver and execute

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.12-pkg2.run -a

You will need to answer a few Yes or No questions; read the screens and
use a little common sense.

After the driver and libraries are installed, '/etc/init.d/gdm start'
will bring up the login screen again following the nVidia splash screen.