Re: when will nvidai-glx and nvidia-kernel-source hit etch?

[Lubos Vrbka <lists@vrbka.net>]

hi,

> After installing an appropriate gcc package to match your running
> kernel, the nvidia-kernel-source package can successfully create an
> nvidia-kernel-$FOO package to match your system. nvidia-glx cannot
> install without an appropriate nvidia-kernel package (which is what
> module-assistant creates, using a C compiler and nvidia-kernel-source)
thanks for thorough description. however, i still don't get one thing. 
you write that 'nvidia-glx cannot be installed without an appropriate 
nvidia-kernel package'. but how is nvidia-glx created? i guess it's 
necessary now to install unstable nvidia-glx package (because it's not 
available in etch). or is it also somehow included in the m-a d-i nvidia 
build (i guess this was also the original question of this thread)? 
maybe i'm just braindead after a long day, but i don't understand this...

> The package cleverly determines which compiler was used to create your
> running kernel, and uses it automatically. Firstly, it runs some tests
> to ensure that your system will work with the nvidia driver. One of the
> first tests is to try and compile some trivial C with your kernel's
> compiler - if it fails, then your system is incorrectly configured (it
> must be configured to use the rivafb framebuffer driver). However, the
> test doesn't check to ensure that its chosen compiler is actually on the
> system - hence the failure and unrelated error message. See this antique
> bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319544
ok, this is clear. thanks for clarification,

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