RE: Where is the kernel?
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 07:52:56PM -0600, Mark Allums wrote:
> > The **** you say! Is this why I can't get X going under vanilla 2.6.28?
> > Any word on the ETA of the fixing of the breakage?
>
> Well given the kernel isn't in unstable, it didn't seem like a problem
> in need of a fix yet. Now given I was thinking of going to 2.6.27 or 28
> to try and fix my webcam and I want my nvidia card to stay working, it
> may just have become an issue for me so I guess I should go work on the
> next version and see when Randall wants to do something with it.
>
> > What's the deal, anyway? The nVidia blob installer tries to make like
> > it can't find the kernel headers, nor the compiled output.
>
> I guess we could consider packaging up the 180.x driver in experimental
> or something. It is a beta driver though and generally those have not
> been packaged up. Usually we just patch the driver to work with newer
> kernels when needed.
Sorry, I tend to forget that it is a big deal to do that stuff.
It's just as well you haven't packaged the beta. NVidia I think already
has some later versions. My guess is that they will get around to
fixing it once and for all for both the newer kernels.
Thanks for the reply; I know you guys are busy and I tend to be a pain
in the anatomy. (Sorry I am just now saying thank you, I have been out
of pocket for a while. On the upside, I now have a new GigaByte Core i7
machine to try Debian on. I may try a Lenny install on it, assuming I
can get a Lenny AMD64 DVD in a timely fashion. Wish me luck...)
Mark Allums
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