On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:52:40AM -0600, Colin Baker wrote: > Looks like the official unstable packages are only up to 7174. I've had > good luck with the unofficial packages found here: > > http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/ > > Since you are installing the nvidia drivers for the first time, and you > have Xorg up to date, that would explain why the X packages are being > removed. I would try the repository above, which has packages that work > with the latest Xorg. > > Of course, the nv driver always works too.
Hmm, really? I wonder if my home machine has a newer one from some other source... Let me check: No, i386 unstable contains 8178, so it is just amd64 that is way behind. Someone should update the unstable non-free on amd64, since I don't think there is anything in place to do that automatically. If you add a 'deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian sid non-free' to your sources.list, you should be able to do this: apt-get update apt-get build-dep nvidia-glx apt-get source -b nvidia-glx Then use dpkg -i to install the resulting .deb files. Then finally 'm-a -t prepare;m-a -t a-i nvidia' to build the modules for your current kernel. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
