On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 04:50:46PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > I tried this but it did not work. > > Here is my output: > > debian:/home/mikef# cd /usr/src > debian:/usr/src# ls > linux linux-kbuild-2.6.24 > linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64 linux-OLDVERSION.1208822724 > linux-headers-2.6.24-1-common > debian:/usr/src# ls -la > total 20 > drwxrwsr-x 5 root src 4096 2008-04-22 01:05 . > drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 2008-04-11 01:54 .. > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 37 2008-04-22 01:05 linux -> > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-04-22 01:04 linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64 > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2008-04-22 01:04 linux-headers-2.6.24-1-common > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-04-22 01:04 linux-kbuild-2.6.24 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 28 2008-04-22 01:04 linux-OLDVERSION.1208822724 -> > linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64 > debian:/usr/src# ln -s nvidia-kernel.tar.gz nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz > debian:/usr/src# m-a auto-install nvidia
You clearly don't even have the nvidia source package installed. apt-get install nvidia-kernel or nvidia-kernel-source (whatever the package is currently called). > Updated infos about 1 packages > Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.24-1-amd64 > Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-amd64/build > apt-get install build-essential > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > build-essential is already the newest version. > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > libxklavier11 libtotem-plparser7 refblas3 lapack3 libhsqldb-java-gcj > libportaudio2 libsuitesparse libneon27-gnutls libg2c0 libsndfile1 > gcc-3.4-base > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > Done! > download > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Package nvidia-kernel-source is not available, but is referred to by another > package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > E: Package nvidia-kernel-source has no installation candidate > > Updated infos about 1 packages > debian:/usr/src# m-a a-i -t nvidia-kernel > . > Updated infos about 1 packages > Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.24-1-amd64 > Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-amd64/build > apt-get install build-essential > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > build-essential is already the newest version. > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > libxklavier11 libtotem-plparser7 refblas3 lapack3 libhsqldb-java-gcj > libportaudio2 libsuitesparse libneon27-gnutls libg2c0 libsndfile1 > gcc-3.4-base > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > Done! > download > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Package nvidia-kernel-source is not available, but is referred to by another > package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > E: Package nvidia-kernel-source has no installation candidate > Installation of the nvidia-kernel-source source failed. > > Ignoring this package. Maybe you need to add something to sources.list, maybe > the contrib and non-free archives. > > Updating info about nvidia-kernel-source > > Updated infos about 1 packages > debian:/usr/src# pwd > /usr/src > debian:/usr/src# ls > linux linux-kbuild-2.6.24 > linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64 linux-OLDVERSION.1208822724 > linux-headers-2.6.24-1-common nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz > debian:/usr/src# ls -l > total 12 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 37 2008-04-22 01:05 linux -> > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-04-22 01:04 linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64 > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2008-04-22 01:04 linux-headers-2.6.24-1-common > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-04-22 01:04 linux-kbuild-2.6.24 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 28 2008-04-22 01:04 linux-OLDVERSION.1208822724 -> > linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 20 2008-04-22 19:41 nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz -> > nvidia-kernel.tar.gz > debian:/usr/src# > > Should I not have more files than this in my source directory? Yes you should. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
