Re: Graphics cards with Free drivers
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:04:45AM +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote:
> Ah, that was the problem.
>
> apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-source
> nvidia-kernel-source:
> Installed: 1.0.8776-4
> Candidate: 1.0.8776-4
> Version table:
> *** 1.0.8776-4 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> I had misunderstood that the 169-version would be in lenny. Seems not to be.
> Need to get it from sid, then.
non-free packages often lag severely in Lenny, often right up until a
few weeks before release. The build system does not promote non-free
packages automatically from unstable to testing as far as I am aware.
--
Len Sorensen
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