Showing posts with label debian lenny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label debian lenny. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Nvidia driver on Debian Lenny

How to install Nvidia driver on Debian Lenny

To download the most update driver visit:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/drivers.html

You need additional drivers to compile the driver:

# apt-get update

# apt-get install binutils module-assistant build-essential pkg-config xserver-xorg-dev

exit the graphic mode by pressing:

CTRL+ALT+F1

#su

Enter your password

# /etc/init.d/gdm stop
# m-a update
# m-a prepare

# sh NVIDIA-Linux....

Accept the questions

Reboot the computer and that's it!

SMB Print on Linux, Unix or Mac!

To add a SMB printer from a Windows Server or Client that have a local printer shared use the cups configuration page on you linux or mac or unix:

Open

http://localhost:631



Select add printer

Select smb printer

in URL put:

smb://DOMAIN\User:Password@ip_of_server/Printqueuename

or

smb://User:Password@ip_of_server/Printqueuename

or

smb://ip_of_server/Printqueuename

then, select the printer driver

and print a test page.

for more information visit:

http://www.cups.org/