On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 09:52:23AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 08:29:53AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Not that I have any particular aversion to xorg 7.0, but if that's > > needed it *might* be simplest to wait for it to stabilize into testing. > > I suspect that bug reports from mixing xorg7.0 into an etch system at > > this point would only confuse things, since it doesn't look as if it > > was quite ready for sid yet. > > Actually it is lookking pretty good already. It has actually gone > rather quick to get rid of the worst bugs in the packaging. Given it > went to entirely modular, I am impressed.
Unfortunately, aptitude tells me: * nvidia-glx [nonfree] depends on x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0) [UNAVAILABLE] Evidently, it wants xorg 7.0 from sid, and not xorg 6.9 from etch. I hope the bugs ar out and it migrates down soon. -- hendrik > > > But picking up the new nvidia-glx package and seeing if it works in etch > > might still be useful as long as I can remember how to boot without X if > > it crashes hopelessly. > > > > And it probably wants a compatibly-numbered nvidia-kernel-source. I'll > > have to get that too. > > > > nvidia-glx_1.0.8756-4_amd64.deb > > nvidia-kernel-source_1.0.8756-4_amd64.deb > > Those would be the versions to use for that chipset. Anything older > won't work as far as I know. > > Len Sorensen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]