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
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 06:25:01AM +, Michael Fothergill wrote:
Thanks a lot. Here is output on your queries:
debian:/home/mikef# apt-cache search nvidia-kernel
nvidia-kernel-common - NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
debian:/home/mikef# m-a a-i -t nvidia-kernel
.
Updated
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debian:/home/mikef# m-a a-i -t nvidia-kernel
.
kef#
Well there was a problem with earlier versions of the nvidia package in
unstable/testing which was recently fixed in unstable. The workaroudn
was:
cd /usr/src
ln -s nvidia-kernel.tar.gz nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz
Then run
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 04:50:46PM +, 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
linuxlinux-kbuild-2.6.24
linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64 linux-OLDVERSION.1208822724
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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).
I solved the problem by adding deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/sid main non-free
to the apt sources list.
This solved the
Dear folks,
I tried installing the graphics card. Things went OK until I did the
autoinstall step. It complained that there was something wrong with the apt
sources.list entries. I think e.g. I am not picking up sid files etc.
debian:/etc/apt# more sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:27:25PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote:
I tried installing the graphics card. Things went OK until I did the
autoinstall step. It complained that there was something wrong with the apt
sources.list entries. I think e.g. I am not picking up sid files etc.
I certainly recomends to remove the deb cdrom:* lines...
On 4/21/08, Michael Fothergill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear folks,
I tried installing the graphics card. Things went OK until I did the
autoinstall step. It complained that there was something wrong with the apt
sources.list
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:32:29 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: installing nvidia card in lenny apt source.list not quite
right...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:27:25PM +
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:50:23PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote:
OK here's my output:
debian:/etc/apt# uname -r
2.6.24-1-amd64
debian:/etc/apt# apt-get install module-assistant gcc nvidia-kernel-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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