Re: where do I get nvidia sources?
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 17:01 +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> I just installed Debian Sarge on a machine that was running Xandros and since
> I have not had to install nvidia drivers in quite some time, I am confused by
> what I am seeing. I can't seem to find the nvidia driver sources.
>
> I am running kernel 2.6.8-1-386, the kernel that was installed by the Debian
> installer.
>
>
> slider:/etc/apt# apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source nvidia-kernel-common
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Package nvidia-kernel-source 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-source has no installation candidate
$ aptitude show nvidia-kernel-source
Package: nvidia-kernel-source
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 1.0.6629+1-2
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/x11
Maintainer: Randall Donald <rdonald@debian.org>
Uncompressed Size: 1319k
Depends: debhelper (> 4.0.0), make, sed (> 3.0), dpatch (>= 2.0.0)
Recommends: nvidia-glx (>= 1.0.6629), kernel-package (>= 8.082),
devscripts
Conflicts: nvidia-kernel-src
Replaces: nvidia-kernel-src
Description: NVIDIA binary kernel module source
This package builds the NVIDIA XFree86 4.x binary kernel module needed
by nvidia-glx. The drivers provide optimized hardware acceleration of
OpenGL applications via a
direct-rendering X Server and support the TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, The
GeForce series, nForce, and Quadro chipsets. AGP, TV-out, and flat panel
displays are also supported.
PLEASE read /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian for
building information.
looks like it is in non-free.
-matt zagrabelny
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