RE: Where is the kernel?

[mark@allums.com]

> 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