On Wednesday 05 April 2006 17:12, David Liontooth wrote: > Jo Shields wrote: > > Sebastian Haase wrote: > >> On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote: > >>> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: > >>>> Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found > >>>> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html > >>>> > >>>> BUT: In all places I found (including > >>>> http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only > >>>> version 7174 for AMD64 > >>>> AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that > >>>> essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers > >>>> packages but > >>>> not with linux-headers ... > >>>> > >>>> What needs to be fixed to get "anything" of nvidia to work with lthe > >>>> inux-headers package ? > >>> > >>> Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. > >> > >> Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be > >> only for i386. > >> Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer > >> script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions > >> from > >> http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_ins > >>tallation) > >> > >> Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the > >> hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files .... !?!?!? > > > > All over the place. Which is why you NEVER use the stuff from > > nvidia.com directly > > Exactly. That said, I think there may be an uninstaller in the package > now? BTW, although Randall Donald says he puts his packages on his own > repository at http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia, he hasn't done > that since December. The main repositories get them, though. > > Dave
Please point me to a mirror that has the 8178 version for amd64. --> I'm already starting to have problems with building GL programs (it seems like a "gl.h" mixup after installing xlibmesa-gl-dev ...) So I'm looking for a NVIDIA deinstall script (it seems all NVIDIA files have the same creation date ...) Thanks (I'm back ...) - Sebastian Haase -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

