Re: nvidia - what is preferred installation route

[michael <linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>]

> 
> On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 09:07 -0500,
> debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> > michael wrote:
> > > I was wondering whether there's a preferred installation method for
> > > drivers for nVidia graphics card (just got a GeForce FX 5200) for my
> > > IA32 box?
> > >
> > > eg is http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.txt
> > > still current/best or perhaps nVidia's own info
> > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8178.html
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >   
> > I have exactly the same card. I tried nvidia installer before. But I 
> > find module-assistant approach much more easy and clean.
> > 
> > You should also take a look at
> > 
> > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers?highlight=%28nvidia%29
> > 
> > which explains all the approaches very clearly.
> > 
> > raju

I have having a few problems here. I've
        $ uname -a
        Linux ratty 2.4.27-1-686-smp #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 19:50:17 JST 2004
        i686 GNU/Linux

but when I try and use module-assistant it complains about headers and
whatever I try doesn't help:
        
        $ sudo m-a -i prepare
         apt-get -y install kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686-smp
        
        Reading Package Lists... Done
        Building Dependency Tree... Done
        E: Couldn't find package kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686-smp
        
        Done!

So tried downloading 2.4.27-2-686-smp headers as per
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/01/msg00398.html
but then get

        $ sudo m-a -i -l  2.4.27-2-686-smp prepare
        Kernel headers available
        in /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-686-smp
        Creating symlink...
        
        Done!
        $ sudo m-a a-i -i -t -l  2.4.27-2-686-smp -f nvidia-kernel
        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
        Installation of the nvidia-kernel-source source failed.
        Ignoring this package. Maybe you need to add something to
        sources.list,
        maybe the contrib and non-free archives.
        
        .
        Updated infos about 1 packages
        

Any ideas???

Thanks, Michael