>
> On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 09:07 -0500,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > michael wrote:
> > > I was wondering whether there's a preferred installation method for
> > > drivers for nVidia graphics card (just got a GeForce FX 5200) for my
> > > IA32 box?
> > >
> > > eg is http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.txt
> > > still current/best or perhaps nVidia's own info
> > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8178.html
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > I have exactly the same card. I tried nvidia installer before. But I
> > find module-assistant approach much more easy and clean.
> >
> > You should also take a look at
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers?highlight=%28nvidia%29
> >
> > which explains all the approaches very clearly.
> >
> > raju
I have having a few problems here. I've
$ uname -a
Linux ratty 2.4.27-1-686-smp #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 19:50:17 JST 2004
i686 GNU/Linux
but when I try and use module-assistant it complains about headers and
whatever I try doesn't help:
$ sudo m-a -i prepare
apt-get -y install kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686-smp
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686-smp
Done!
So tried downloading 2.4.27-2-686-smp headers as per
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/01/msg00398.html
but then get
$ sudo m-a -i -l 2.4.27-2-686-smp prepare
Kernel headers available
in /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-686-smp
Creating symlink...
Done!
$ sudo m-a a-i -i -t -l 2.4.27-2-686-smp -f nvidia-kernel
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... 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.
.
Updated infos about 1 packages
Any ideas???
Thanks, Michael
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