Graphics Drivers (I'm new to Linux)
Hello fellow Debian Users! I'm new to Linux and I heard good things about Debian so I decided to give it a try. I've actually been meaning to try it for over a year now, but I went ahead and downloaded the net install and got it installed. However, my previous Linux encounters were just tests and never lasted longer than two weeks. My goal is to migrate over to Linux and start doing 90% of my work on Linux (the other 10% requires Windows). But during this migration over, I've hit a brick wall. I need to get my NVIDIA drivers installed. I've figured out after 100 searches what to do and found a person with the exact same problem as me. I unfortunately lost the link, but I did manage to scribble down some instructions. Here's my problem: I need to get the kernel source to get the NVIDIA drivers in. I'm using Debian 3.1, the latest. Thanks for any help. I've found myself going in circles on the net trying to get these drivers installed! Best regards, Travis Newton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Graphics Drivers (I'm new to Linux)
I took a look through, I used the first link in the email I was given (http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html) and under the heading, "Stock or Custom Kernel?" I ran the following in a terminal: apt-cache policy kernel-image-$(uname -r) and I was given the following: kernel-image-2.3.27-2-386: Installed: 2.4.27-10sarge1 Candidate: 2.4.27-10sarge1 Version Table: *** 2.4.27-10sarge1 0 500 http://mirrors.kernel.org stable/main Packages 500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To quote the HOWTO (link above): "If a version is listed as installed, but the only source listed for the installed version is /var/lib/dpkg/status, then you may be running a custom kernel, or a stock kernel that's old enough to have dropped out of the Debian distribution." How would I go around getting the kernel sources for this so that I may execute the official installer from NVIDIA? Travis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
