On Debian I do: module-assistant build-install nvidia And it works every time, but you do need to run it every time. There is a way to automate it on new kerne

On Debian I do: module-assistant build-install nvidia And it works every time, but you do need to run it every time. There is a way to automate it on new kernel installs. > missed the right packages or had an incompatible user space, including libs and compiler, you could end up without X11 and no way to easily run a browser or google about the problem you had I always kept the previous version of the kernel and module in case of this. I've been recompiling my nvidia module each kernel release for over a decade and I've had no problems, you install the kernel, you install the nvidia module, and you reboot.