Re: No stock nvidia-kernel-legacy packages for 2.6.16; why ?

[Andrew Vaughan <ajv-lists@netspace.net.au>]

On Friday 18 August 2006 20:40, Tim Day wrote:
> Is there any particular reason the stock nvidia-kernel-legacy packages
> haven't appeared (even in sid) for linux-image-2.6.16, while non-legacy
> nvidia-kernel-2.6.16 has made it to testing ?
>
> Looking at sid, I can see some linux-image-2.6.17 packages and both
> nvidia-kernel-2.6.17 AND nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.17.  So hopefully the
> lack of legacy nvidia packages for 2.6.16 is just a blip... accident or
> design ?

I think it's just a blip.   

You can build your own modules for 2.6.16.  

Apt-get install nvidia-kernel-legacy-source and follow the instructions 
in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-legacy-source/README.Debian.  

HTH
Andrew V.