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Re: SID/apt-get old kernel sources..



On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:53:59PM -0400, Sateesh Mandava wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am running 2.6.18 kernel with debian/sid and in need of kernel
> headers/source to compile nvidia/ivtv kernel modules. apt-get is not able to
> find linux-source-2.6.18* or linux-headers-2.6.18* packages. It is only
> pointing to 2.6.21 packages.
> 
> Can some body let me know how to get old kernel source/header files using
> apt?
> 
> Here is my /etc/apt/sources.list file.
> 
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
> 
> apt output..
> 
> $ sudo apt-get install linux-source-2.6.18
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Package linux-source-2.6.18 is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package linux-source-2.6.18 has no installation candidate

Add to your sources.list:
 deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/  testing main contrib non-free 

Also note that there are pre-compiled modules for ivtv and nvidia in
the archive.

-- 
dann frazier



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