I'm running Sarge and I just tried installing nvidia's proprietary drivers. Bottom line is it didn't work and I'm 97% sure it is messed packages.
I worked through the instructions in "nvidia-kernel-source" and then get to a place where I have a deb package I built from the (kernel) headers--but it doesn't install 'cause of a dependency: ----- # dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386_1.0.5336-6_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386. (Reading database ... 68446 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386 (from nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386_1.0.5336-6_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386: nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386 depends on nvidia-kernel-common (>= 1.0.5336); however: Package nvidia-kernel-common is not installed. dpkg: error processing nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386 ----- # apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package nvidia-kernel-common 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-common has no installation candidate ----- I've found the installation process with the proprietary nvidia/debian stuff frustrating. What is the point of using it any away-- as opposed to installing the tar ball from nvidia's site? I hope someone out there can enlighten me. Thanks, Michael Hardware/Software ======================================== Athlon 2200 XP ASUS A7N8X (Motherboard) ASUS V8420 - NVIDIA GeForce 4 Viewsonic PF790 512 MB RAM Debian Sarge 2.6.6-1-386 Kernel KDE 3.2.2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
