Dean Hamstead wrote:
you need to compile the kernel module for yourself R. Donald is the maintainer - hit site is here http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/index.php wack these lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list #use this source line for unstable driversdeb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-driversdeb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-kernel-common deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-settings deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-xconfigdeb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable modules #sarge modulesdeb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia sarge modules then run apt-get update then go apt-get install nvidia-graphics-drivers m-a prepare nvidia m-a a-i nvidia that should be just about it, module assistant (m-a) should do most of the work for you. Dean
Thanks Dean, Still seem to be screwing this up. andy:/home/hgh/TMP# apt-get -t unstable install nvidia-graphics-drivers Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done E: Couldn't find package nvidia-graphics-drivers Here is my sources.list: deb http://archive.progeny.com/debian testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://archive.progeny.com/debian testing main contrib non-free deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing testing/security-updates main contrib non-free # nvidia package maintainers modules Randall Donald deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-kernel-common deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-settings deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-xconfig deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable modules Do I have to set unstable as an option for packages in preferences or apt.conf? There seem to be alot of ignore lines.....I have always done intel before and am kind of new to this alternate architecture thing.... Here is my attempt at an update: andy:/home/hgh/TMP# apt-get update Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing Release.gpg Get: 1 http://people.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [189B] Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing Release Get: 2 http://secure-testing.debian.net testing/security-updates Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://people.debian.org unstable Release Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/main Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://secure-testing.debian.net testing/security-updates Release Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/contrib Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/main Packages Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-kernel-common Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-settings Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://secure-testing.debian.net testing/security-updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/contrib Packages Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-xconfig Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://people.debian.org unstable/modules Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers Packages Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/non-free Packages Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/main Sources Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/contrib Sources Ign http://archive.progeny.com testing/non-free Sources Hit http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-kernel-common Packages Ign http://secure-testing.debian.net testing/security-updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://secure-testing.debian.net testing/security-updates/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Errhttp://archive.progeny.com testing/main Packages 404 Not Found Hit http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-settings Packages Hit http://people.debian.org unstable/nvidia-xconfig Packages Hit http://people.debian.org unstable/modules Packages Errhttp://archive.progeny.com testing/contrib Packages 404 Not Found Errhttp://archive.progeny.com testing/non-free Packages 404 Not Found Errhttp://archive.progeny.com testing/main Sources 404 Not Found Errhttp://archive.progeny.com testing/contrib Sources 404 Not Found Hit http://secure-testing.debian.net testing/security-updates/contrib Packages Errhttp://archive.progeny.com testing/non-free Sources 404 Not Found Hit http://secure-testing.debian.net testing/security-updates/non-free Packages Fetched 2B in 1s (1B/s) Failed to fetch http://archive.progeny.com/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://archive.progeny.com/debian/dists/testing/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://archive.progeny.com/debian/dists/testing/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://archive.progeny.com/debian/dists/testing/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://archive.progeny.com/debian/dists/testing/contrib/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://archive.progeny.com/debian/dists/testing/non-free/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found Reading package lists... Done E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Thanks for the tips.... hgh. -- Henry Hollenberg hgh@rcwm.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.