Re: where do I get nvidia sources?

[Andrew Schulman <andrex@alumni.utexas.net>]

> 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

apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-source

nvidia-kernel-source isn't in stable yet, and the version in testing has 
been temporarily withdrawn, pending resolution of some release-critical 
bugs.  So for now you'll have to add '-t unstable' to your apt-get 
command.

For more details about installing the nvidia drivers, see 
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/.