Re: nVidia drivers

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

Wulfy wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:

[...]

> > If you are using a stock Debian kernel (and your output of "uname -a"
> > seems to suggest that you do), then you need to install the appropriate
> > kernel-headers package. (If you did not compile the kernel yourself then
> > the kernel source directory will not contain the information which the
> > nvidia installer needs.)
> >
> > You could also try the Debian package for the legacy nvidia driver,
> > "nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6-686".

[...]

> No.  I am using a stock kernel.
> The legacy driver deb looks promising, but it's only in Etch and Sid.
> Can I use one of those on Sarge?  I'm wary of mixing my system.  If not,
> I'll go for the kernel headers...

I would also hesitate to install the Etch package on a Sarge system,
assuming that apt lets you do it in the first place. I agree that
the "kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-686" package seems to be your best bet,
combined with the --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-686
option of the nvidia installer.

Regards,
           Florian