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Hi,
This isn't an answer to your problem, but I've always followed this to get the nvidia drivers going and have yet to encounter problems: http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html
I followed this a couple of days ago and all worked fine, using the packages from unstable.
Hope it helps someone anyway :)
Adam
Michael Bonert wrote:
| 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 | | | |
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