Re: nvidia 1.0.8178 installing question
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 09:43:09AM +0000, antonio giulio wrote:
> I'm trying to install nvidia 1.0.8178 driver in this way:
>
> apt-get update
> NVDIST=unstable
> apt-get install module-assistant nvidia-kernel-common
> m-a prepare
> m-a auto-install nvidia
> apt-get -t $NVDIST install nvidia-glx
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> but when I arrive in:
>
> m-a auto-install nvidia
>
> it returns:
>
> Target package file
> /usr/src/nvidia-kernel-2.6.12-1-amd64-k8_1.0.7676-2+2.6.12-10_amd64.deb
> already exists, not rebuilding!
>
> (it's my old nvidia package built).
>
> Why does it try to build '7676' package and not '8178'?
> Using nvidia-driver for simple desktop-use (not 3d animation or other
> special fx) is suitable or there're not great changes?
Try doing m-a -t update and/or m-a -t clean. Perhaps adding -f to m-a
will help too. Sometimes it doesn't realize that you want to install a
newer version. Perhaps the reason is that you are trying to make it use
a version from unstable while your system in general doesn't use
unstable. Most likely -f will be enough to force rebuilding even though
there is already a package matching your kernel version.
Len Sorensen
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