On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 07:12:29PM +0000, Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote: > Hi, > > I have tried to install the Nvidia video drivers on > the current stable release (Sarge). But it needs > kernel sources installed. I have installed the > 2.6.8.2-686 kernel (as offered by the standard > DVD install program of Sarge). > > I don't know which kernel sources (or kernel > headers?) I have to install. Another problem > is, that I have currently no Internet access > from Debian (will change soon) and have only > the first DVD (AFAIK there are 2). I don't > found a kernel-headers-2.6.8.2-686 package, > only a kernel-headers-2.6.8 package. > > Has anyone installed the Nvidia drivers (version > from June 2005, downloaded from the Nvidia > page via Windows) and knows, which archives > must additionally installed to compile the > kernel interface (the Nvidia installer offers > this). >
You should use the nvidia packages that are already in Debian. Additionally, there is an excellent document [0] that describes how to install them. -Roberto [0] http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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