Hello
You are using dpkg the wrong way. If you want to get information about installed packages, leave out the filename extension. Try
dpkg -l kernel-image*
to get a list and see how they are called. Your package probably is called kernel-image-2.4.22-nvidia
best regards Andreas Janssen
Thanks for the suggestion. I can list the files of the package with: /usr/src# dpkg -L kernel-image-2.4.22-nvidia
but I get this with "-l" option:
/usr/src# dpkg -l kernel-image-2.4.22-nvidia
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-========================-========================-================================================================
ii kernel-image-2.4.22-nvid 10.00.Custom Linux kernel binary image for version 2.4.22-nvidia.
But I can get a list when I grep the output of dpkg -l:
/usr/src# dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii nvidia-glx 1.0.4496-2.1 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.4496-2+10. NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.4.22
ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.4496-3 NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
ii nvidia-kernel- 1.0.4496-2.1 NVIDIA binary kernel module source
and here I cannot see the full names of the packages :(
I am compiling new kernel because:
1) I was using 2.4.18 and wanted a new one. So I did apt-get kernel-image to get the 2.4.22-1-686
2) Fine. I also wanted the new nvidia driver
3) Downloaded the run file for the driver which complained it couldnt' find kernel headers.
4) So I download the headers, and it still couldn't find the headers
5) Did a google search and found the webpage I had mentioned earlier and followed the steps. All went well (I also get the nVidia splash scree when X starts) BUT lost my USB mouse :(
But since I could the X working nicely and had lost my USB mouse, I figured something might have gone wrong in the kernel options. So I tried to reinstall it. To do so, I was thinking if removing the kernel I had installed, but dpkg doesn't find it. So as a work around, I am compiling a newer verion witha different extraversion number.
Phew, that is my story. Probably there is an easier method, but at least if I compile the kernel myself, I can also include the nvidia driver easily.
->HS
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