nvidia gt240 boot problem

Masao Kitamura masaok at gmail.com
Sat Nov 20 02:08:06 UTC 2010


What if you want to install the same driver on multiple machines?

Is there a way to save one copy of Nvidia drivers locally, copy them
to other machines, then install without having to query an external
server?

Thanks,

Masao

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:11 PM, J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 18:02, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:42 PM, J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> then you can look at the man page for jockey:
>>>
>>> man jockey-text
>>>
>>> and that'll tell you how to scan for available drivers and install them.
>>>
>>> Jockey is the tool that runs when you use the "Hardware Drivers" menu item.
>>
>> ~$ man jockey-text
>> No manual entry for jockey-text
>> See 'man 7 undocumented' for help when manual pages are not available.
>>
>> ??
>>
> doh... crud... been a long day. Sorry about that.
>
> jockey-text -h
>
> Usage: jockey-text [options]
>
> Options:
>  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
>  -c, --check           Check for newly used or usable drivers and notify the
>                        user.
>  -u, --update-db       Query driver databases for newly available or updated
>                        drivers.
>  -l, --list            List available drivers and their status.
>  -a, --auto-install    Enable drivers that can be automatically installed.
>  --hardware-ids        List hardware identifiers from this system.
>  -e DRIVER, --enable=DRIVER
>                        Enable a driver
>  -d DRIVER, --disable=DRIVER
>                        Disable a driver
>  --confirm             Ask for confirmation for --enable/--disable
>  -C, --check-composite
>                        Check if there is a graphics driver available that
>                        supports composite and offer to enable it
>  -m free|nonfree|any, --mode=free|nonfree|any
>                        Only manage free/nonfree drivers. By default, all
>                        available drivers with any license are presented.
>  --dbus-server         Run as session D-BUS server.
>
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