On January 22, 2008 02:56:46 pm Karl Schmidt wrote:
> Stephen Cormier wrote:
> > It is definitely the problem you won't get it to install unless you
> > rebuild the package source
>
> Which package source? please email me the corrected package - what ever it
> is (BTW there are ways to force installation - wouldn't that work?)
The package needing to be downloaded is nvidia-kernel-source with something
like this apt-get source nvidia-kernel-source as normal user this after
having made a new directory and changed into it as the source package is
downloaded into the current directory where the command is run from. I would
not force it installing it will probably just break your install until you
upgraded to the newer X.
> > having modified it so that it will install with the X
> > version being 2:1.3
>
> I have:
>
> wajig list xorg
> ii xorg 1:7.2-5
> X.Org X Window System
> ii xserver-xorg 1:7.2-5
> the X.Org X server
> ii xserver-xorg-core
> 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12 X.Org X server -- core server
>
>
> I think you are referring to the version of xserver-xorg-core ?
Yes I am referring to that version we have identical packages installed for
these.
apt-cache policy xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
xorg:
Installed: 1:7.2-5
Candidate: 1:7.2-5
Version table:
1:7.3+10 0
600 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Packages
*** 1:7.2-5 0
990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
xserver-xorg:
Installed: 1:7.2-5
Candidate: 1:7.2-5
Version table:
1:7.3+10 0
600 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Packages
*** 1:7.2-5 0
990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
xserver-xorg-core:
Installed: 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12
Candidate: 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12
Version table:
2:1.4.1~git20080118-1 0
600 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Packages
*** 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12 0
990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > as I mentioned in my first mail and yes you need the -glx
> > package installed as well. If you do not want to rebuild the packages as
> > I mentioned in my previous mail I have them here and can send them to you
> > so you can get it installed.
>
> Please send me the packages you think I need. (Thanks in advance!)
>
Done you should be getting four emails with a package attached to each.
> > You would only need to remove the currently
> > installed ones install the source .deb I send you build/install the
> > binary module then install the -glx and you are good to go.
> >
> > Stephen
>
> Did you send the patch to the package maintainer?
>
Wouldn't be much of a patch it is only changing a single digit in the
nvidia-glx section of the control file, it would probably be just be
classified as a wishlist bug and not fixed anyways.
PS: No need to CC me I read the list, thanks.
Stephen
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