Sebastian Haase wrote:
David Liontooth wrote:Sebastian Haase wrote:Looking more closely into this I realize I was mistaken -- Randall does put the files in his archives, but his new syntax puts them in a different location, and I don't see them in the directory listings. However, this line gets them:On Wednesday 05 April 2006 17:12, David Liontooth wrote:Jo Shields wrote:Sebastian Haase wrote:On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote:On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote:Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just foundhttp://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.htmlBUT: In all places I found (includinghttp://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be onlyversion 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ...What needs to be fixed to get "anything" of nvidia to work with ltheinux-headers package ?Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does.Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions fromhttp://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_installation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files .... !?!?!?All over the place. Which is why you NEVER use the stuff from nvidia.com directlyExactly. That said, I think there may be an uninstaller in the package now? BTW, although Randall Donald says he puts his packages on his own repository at http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia, he hasn't done that since December. The main repositories get them, though. DavePlease point me to a mirror that has the 8178 version for amd64.deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfigAs you note, they haven't propagated yet for some reason, possibly related to the inclusion of amd64 in official Debian?There are ways to build Debian packages from nvidia's sources, patched or otherwise, cf. http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html, but Randall packages save you a lot of trouble. Did you manage to uninstall the files created by nVidia's installer?I did not see an uninstall option in nVidia's script - did I overlook it ? - maybe tomorrow morning I'll see it ... Otherwise I will try to mv all from-nVidia-installed files into some backup place in my home directory ... (just in case I CAN use e.g. the kernel module later ;-) )I tried http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable (refer to my post here few days ago) - BAD idea !!I'm running sarge ! - and binary unstable packages are already compiled against a newer glibc !!!!! they don't work ...
Does this one work?deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia sarge nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfig
deb-src http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfigSo what I would need is the corresponding deb-src line ... I could not get that one right !!!
I haven't tested this one. Dave