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Envy-InstructionsForDebian

1) Download and install the deb package:

double click on the deb package (if GDebi is installed) OR open Terminal or Konsole and type:

2) Enable Debian's required repositories: See point E of this page.

3) Make sure that all the dependencies were installed by typing:

4) Launch Envy's GUI (inside a Desktop Environment such as GNOME,KDE, etc.) by selecting it in the "Applications/System Tools" menu

OR if you need to use Envy's textual interface you will have to type:

Yes, you can, but you will need to follow these steps:

1) Remove the older version of envy (you can skip this step if you only used the Nvidia installer):

2) Download and install Envy's deb package

3) Log out and press CTRL+ALT+F1 (so as to get out of the Desktop Environment, i.e. you'll see ONLY the command line)

4) Log in (if required)

5) Run Envy's textual installer by typing:

6) Choose to "Clean the Installation of any Nvidia driver" by typing "6" and press ENTER.

WARNING: if "Envy" seems to hang on the splash screen you will have to press Alt+F1. (this usually happens on KDE based distros)

7) Then you can use the "Install" function.

NOTE: you will NOT need to repeat the whole process next time you want to install the Nvidia driver (you should be able to use Envy's GUI)

Boot in RECOVERY MODE from the GRUB Menu (select it using your keyboard) almost as soon as you turn on your computer (it will take you to the command line).

Then you will need to type:

then simply type:

and boot as usual.

On next reboot the Xserver should work fine (but you will use the open source driver)

You will only have to follow these steps:

1) Launch Envy and use the "Uninstall" function to uninstall the Nvidia or the ATI driver

2) Uninstall the Envy from Synaptic/Adept or from the command line

3) Set the driver back to either "nv" ( instead of "nvidia", if you use a Nvidia card) or "ati" ( instead of "fglrx", if you use an ATI card) in the Section Device of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf which you can edit by typing:

NOTE: press CTRL+X to exit (save the file)

4) Log out and press CTRL+ALT+Backspace (so as to restart the Xserver)

5) Log in and upgrade your Ubuntu installation

NOTE: if the Xserver crashes you will have to use "vesa" instead of "ati" or "nv"

You will only have to follow these steps:

1) Open Terminal or Konsole and become root by typing:

2) Open your /etc/apt/sources.list by typing:

3) You will see something similar to the following text:

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20070407-11:40-]/ etch contrib main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20070407-11:40-]/ etch contrib main

deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ etch main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

put a "#" before the line which begins with "deb cdrom" and replace "etch main" with "etch contrib main" so that the text looks like the following:

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20070407-11:40-]/ etch contrib main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20070407-11:40-]/ etch contrib main

deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ etch contrib main
deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ etch contrib main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

4) Refresh the packages list:

You will only have to follow these steps:

1) Restart your computer and the Xserver will crash (since it will lack a module).

Say No if the system asks you whether you want to see the output of the error to debug.

NOTE: press ALT+F1 if all you can see is a black screen

Then launch Envy's textual interface from the command line by typing:

(if you're using Ubuntu)

(OR, if you're using Debian)

Envy will do it for you. However if you want to uninstall the driver, nothing bad will happen ;)

Envy cannot be launched from the Applications menu on Debian Etch unless you add your username to the sudoers list

You can launch Envy by typing:

You can find more information and get support at the following address:

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