Re: Squeeze Backports kernel with nVidia driver package
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:00:49 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Vi, 27 ian 12, 20:39:06, Ramon Hofer wrote:
>>
>> The linux-image-amd64 package from squeeze backports installs linux-
>> image-3.1.0-0.bpo.1-amd64.
>> Is 2.6.29 the better choice than 3.1?
>
> I don't know, I can only tell you that 2.6.29 from squeeze-backports
> doesn't work with nvidia-glx from squeeze, you need both from backports,
> but in the meantime 2.6.29 got replaced with 3.2 I didn't get the chance
> to test it (3.1 is not in backports).
>
>> I've never used backports before...
>> How do I have to install the nvidia-glx package from backports
>> properly? The instruction page [1] tells me to use apt-get -t
>> squeeze-backports install "package" and not use pinning. Actually I
>> don't know much about pinning too. On the AptPreferences debian wiki
>> page [2] they say: "Before you consider 'pinning', you might want to
>> check if the package you want has been backported to your release". So
>> I suppose I don't have to use pinning at all?
>
> No, pinning is not necessary.
>
>> But when I try to install the nvidia-glx package from the backports
>> repos I get this:
>> http://pastebin.com/dbiAbndp
>>
>> apt-get -t squeeze-backports install nvidia-glx tells me: nvidia-glx is
>> already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove
>> and 42 not upgraded.
>>
>> But dist-upgrade won't do anything.
>
> That looks like you don't have a source for backports, but the install
> command should have generated an error... I think.
>
> Could you please post the output of 'apt-cache policy'? For comparison,
> here is how my 'apt-cache policy nvidia-glx' looks like (with nvidia-glx
> from backports already installed):
>
> nvidia-glx:
> Installed: 280.13.really.275.36-1~bpo60+1 Candidate:
> 280.13.really.275.36-1~bpo60+1 Version table:
> *** 280.13.really.275.36-1~bpo60+1 0
> 100 http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/
> squeeze-backports/non-free i386 Packages 100
> /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 195.36.31-6 0
> 990 http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free i386
> Packages
Heres the output of apt-cache policy:
http://pastebin.com/qkSWJbgR
And here's the output of apt-cache policy nvidia-glx:
http://pastebin.com/Wrj5sxts
Best regards
Ramon
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