Re: nvidia driver still having problems in Testing?

["David Fox" <dfox94085@gmail.com>]

On 2/21/08, H.S. <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am currently running 2.6.22 and would like to install nvidia module.
> IIRC, nvidia driver had some problems in Debian Testing since quite a
> few months back. It has been quite a while since I have last installed

I was able to get around that hurdle by adding a source to sid and
grabbing the relevant packages from sid (nvidia-glx,
nvidia-kernel-source, nvidia-kernel-source, probably X.org as well)
and then installing the nvidia-source with module-assistant
auto-install (m-a a-i). This is back on 2.6.22.

Lately I've been getting issues when I do a dist-upgrade, relating to
the nvidia package. Since the nvidia stuff works fine here (fx 5200
card) I haven't bothered to try and do any additional upgrades for
those specific packages.

Here's what I have installed: It seems nvidia-kernel-source has no
candidate in Testing.

dfox@m206-157:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx
nvidia-glx:
  Installed: 100.14.19-1
  Candidate: 169.09-1
  Version table:
     169.09-1 0
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free Packages
 *** 100.14.19-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
dfox@m206-157:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-source
nvidia-kernel-source:
  Installed: 169.09-1
  Candidate: 169.09-1
  Version table:
 *** 169.09-1 0
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
dfox@m206-157:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-common
nvidia-kernel-common:
  Installed: 20051028+1-0.1
  Candidate: 20051028+1-0.1
  Version table:
 *** 20051028+1-0.1 0
        990 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org sid/contrib Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
dfox@m206-157:~$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.2-5
  Candidate: 1:7.2-5
  Version table:
     1:7.3+10 0
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org sid/main Packages
 *** 1:7.2-5 0
        990 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
dfox@m206-157:~$
> Nvidia module on my Testing machine. I was wondering, what is the status
> now? Is there some kind of controversy involving absence of nvidia
> related packages from Testing?
>
>
> thanks,
> ->HS
>
>
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