On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 06:25:01AM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Thanks a lot. Here is output on your queries: > > debian:/home/mikef# apt-cache search nvidia-kernel > nvidia-kernel-common - NVIDIA binary kernel module common files > > > debian:/home/mikef# m-a a-i -t nvidia-kernel > . > Updated infos about 1 packages > Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.24-1-amd64 > Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.24-1-amd64/build > apt-get install build-essential > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > build-essential is already the newest version. > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > libxklavier11 libtotem-plparser7 refblas3 lapack3 libhsqldb-java-gcj > libportaudio2 libsuitesparse libneon27-gnutls libg2c0 libsndfile1 > gcc-3.4-base > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > Done! > download > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Package nvidia-kernel-source is not available, but is referred to by another > package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > E: Package nvidia-kernel-source has no installation candidate > Installation of the nvidia-kernel-source source failed. > > Ignoring this package. Maybe you need to add something to sources.list, maybe > the contrib and non-free archives. > > Updating info about nvidia-kernel-source > > Updated infos about 1 packages > debian:/home/mikef#
Well there was a problem with earlier versions of the nvidia package in unstable/testing which was recently fixed in unstable. The workaroudn was: cd /usr/src ln -s nvidia-kernel.tar.gz nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz Then run m-a again. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
