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:
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# 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
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# 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
Hardware/Software
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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