Re: broken nvidia package, is there a work around?
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Hi,
This isn't an answer to your problem, but I've always followed this to
get the nvidia drivers going and have yet to encounter problems:
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html
I followed this a couple of days ago and all worked fine, using the
packages from unstable.
Hope it helps someone anyway :)
Adam
Michael Bonert wrote:
| I'm running Sarge and I just tried installing nvidia's proprietary
| drivers. Bottom line is it didn't work and I'm 97% sure it is
| messed packages.
|
| I worked through the instructions in "nvidia-kernel-source" and
| then get to a place where I have a deb package I built from the
| (kernel) headers--but it doesn't install 'cause of a dependency:
| ----- # dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386_1.0.5336-6_i386.deb
| Selecting previously deselected package nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386.
| (Reading database ... 68446 files and directories currently
| installed.) Unpacking nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386 (from
| nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386_1.0.5336-6_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency
| problems prevent configuration of nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386:
| nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386 depends on nvidia-kernel-common (>=
| 1.0.5336); however: Package nvidia-kernel-common is not installed.
| dpkg: error processing nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386 (--install):
| dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered
| while processing: nvidia-kernel-2.6.6-1-386 -----
|
| # apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common Reading Package Lists...
| Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package nvidia-kernel-common
| 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 nvidia-kernel-common has
| no installation candidate
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|
| I've found the installation process with the proprietary
| nvidia/debian stuff frustrating.
|
| What is the point of using it any away-- as opposed to installing
| the tar ball from nvidia's site?
|
| I hope someone out there can enlighten me.
|
| Thanks, Michael
|
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| Hardware/Software ======================================== Athlon
| 2200 XP ASUS A7N8X (Motherboard) ASUS V8420 - NVIDIA GeForce 4
| Viewsonic PF790 512 MB RAM
|
| Debian Sarge 2.6.6-1-386 Kernel KDE 3.2.2
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