package xserver-xorg-video-nv found 396993 1:2.1.3-1 thanks Just a note that I'm still getting random lockups with 2.1.3. I know there's 2.1.5 in sid now but I'm not currently in a position to take this machine to a full unstable X setup...
( this is the amd64 Presario V6000, BTW: lspci -vv: [...] 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30b7 [...] ) -- Thanasis Kinias Doctoral Candidate, Department of History, and Instructor, Professional Enhancement Programs Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. . Je ne viens d'aucun pays, d'aucune cité, d'aucune tribu. Je suis fils de la route, ma patrie est caravane, et ma vie la plus inattendue des traversées. -- Amin Maalouf, _Léon l'Africain_