Re: Where is nvidia-glx package ?

[Jo Shields <jo.shields@comlab.ox.ac.uk>]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 11:23:17PM +0200, Yannick - Debian/Linux wrote:
>  
>
> > It's broken in dependencies :
> > # dpkg -i nvidia-glx_1.0.7174-3_amd64.deb
> > S?lection du paquet nvidia-glx pr?c?demment d?s?lectionn?.
> > (Lecture de la base de donn?es... 80634 fichiers et r?pertoires d?j? 
> > install?s.)
> > D?paquetage de nvidia-glx (? partir de nvidia-glx_1.0.7174-3_amd64.deb) ...
> > dpkg : des probl?mes de d?pendances emp?chent la configuration de 
> > nvidia-glx :
> > nvidia-glx d?pend de nvidia-kernel-1.0.7174 ; cependant :
> > Paquet nvidia-kernel-1.0.7174 n'est pas install?.
> > dpkg : erreur de traitement de nvidia-glx (--install) :
> > probl?mes de d?pendances - laiss? non configur?
> > Des erreurs ont ?t? rencontr?es pendant l'ex?cution :
> > nvidia-glx
> >
> > It reclaims "nvidia-kernel-1.0.7174", but can't find it...
> > I can't find it using google, my situation is the same as here :
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/05/msg00266.html
> >
> > Well, seems nvidia driver is broken on amd64.
> > Any solution ?
> >    
>
> Install nvidia-kernel-source first, then follow the readme in
> /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source on how to build it against your
> kernel headers and install it, then nvidia-glx will install.
>
> Len Sorensen
>
>
>  
nvidia-kernel-xx.yy is a virtual package not found in Debian -  it's 
created by compiling nvidia-kernel-source version xx.yy against your 
running kernel's headers/sources.

You'll find kernel-headers-$(uname -r), build-essential, and a gcc whose 
version matches /proc/version to be useful here, and probably 
module-assistant too

--Jo Shields