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Re: want to install a driver for my video card



On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:24:07PM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
> i want to install a driver for my video card ( Intel Corporation 82852/855GM 
> Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01) from 'lspci'). looking at the debian site 
> i find 'xserver-xorg-video-intel', but when i try to apt-get it i get:
> 
> 	kloro@debian:~$ apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 	Reading package lists... Done
> 	Building dependency tree... Done
> 	E: Couldn't find package xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 
> shouldn't anything available at the debian site be also available to apt?

Sure, but you have to tell it the right name.  There is no one driver
called "intel".  Looking in aptitude for the description, it looks like
you need xserver-xorg-video-i810

Doug.



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