On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 07:10:31PM -0700, Deekoo L. wrote: > Package: nvidia-kernel-source > Version: 1.0.8776-4 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > > Attempts to build the package according to the instructions in > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian fail with a bunch > of complaints about undeclared identifiers; it appears to not be > including the correct collection of definitions from the kernel headers. > It fails with both 'module-assistant auto-install nvidia' and the > set of instructions for using a Debian-supplied kernel. > > I've attached the failure log for the auto-install method.
A newer driver (or at least a patch) is needed to make it work with 2.6.24. The newer drivers in lenny/sid work, but of course they aren't compatible with the x server in etch anymore due to a library issue where the old xserver required the nvidia driver to provide a library, while the new xserver required the nvidia driver to NOT provide that library. In both cases doing the other thing breaks X. I just hope lenny gets released soon. This has gotten annoying. :) There are instructions somewhere about how to take the source package for the nvidia drivers from sid, add a few lines to the debian/rules files to re add the library needed by etch, and compiling the package. I forget if they were on the amd64 mailing list or in the BTS. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
