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Re: Which kernel sources for installing Nvidia drivers on Sarge 3.1r0a (stable)



On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 07:12:29PM +0000, Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have tried to install the Nvidia video drivers on
> the current stable release (Sarge). But it needs
> kernel sources installed. I have installed the
> 2.6.8.2-686 kernel (as offered by the standard
> DVD install program of Sarge).
> 
> I don't know which kernel sources (or kernel
> headers?) I have to install. Another problem
> is, that I have currently no Internet access
> from Debian (will change soon) and have only
> the first DVD (AFAIK there are 2). I don't
> found a kernel-headers-2.6.8.2-686 package,
> only a kernel-headers-2.6.8 package.
> 
> Has anyone installed the Nvidia drivers (version
> from June 2005, downloaded from the Nvidia
> page via Windows) and knows, which archives
> must additionally installed to compile the
> kernel interface (the Nvidia installer offers
> this).
> 

You should use the nvidia packages that are already in Debian.
Additionally, there is an excellent document [0] that describes how to
install them.

-Roberto

[0] http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html
-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto

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