---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:46:01 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: linux-image-2.6.18-6-amd64 kernel installed, but am I running a > 64-bit system? > > I'm running debian etch on an amd64 machine. I've got the right kernel > installed and running: > > # uname -r > 2.6.18-6-amd64 > > I'm trying to install the nvidia-kernel-2.6-amd64 package. I can't find the > package in aptitude. Aptitude only lists other versions: > You need to upgrade to Lenny. You will need stuff from the sid repositories as well. Find the Debian Way nvidia installation guide with Google.
> # aptitude search nvidia-kernel > v nvidia-kernel-1.0.8776 > - > p nvidia-kernel-2.6-486 > - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6 series compiled for 486 > p nvidia-kernel-2.6-686 > - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6 series compiled for 686 > p nvidia-kernel-2.6-k7 > - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6 series compiled for k7 > p nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-6-486 > - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.18-6-486 > p nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-6-686 > - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.18-6-686 > p nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-6-k7 > - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.18-6-k7 > i nvidia-kernel-common > - NVIDIA binary kernel module common files > ... and legacy versions ... > p nvidia-kernel-source > - NVIDIA binary kernel module source > > I'm pretty sure I've got my /etc/apt/sources.list contents correct: > deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free > > I also know that the .deb exists here > (http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-modules-amd64/). > > When I download these and install them dpkg complains that I'm trying to > install an amd64 package on a i386 system. > > # dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.6-amd64_1.0.8776+6etch2_amd64.deb > nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-6-amd64_1.0.8776+6etch2_amd64.deb > dpkg: error processing nvidia-kernel-2.6-amd64_1.0.8776+6etch2_amd64.deb > (--install): > package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386) > dpkg: error processing > nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-6-amd64_1.0.8776+6etch2_amd64.deb (--install): > package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386) > Errors were encountered while processing: > nvidia-kernel-2.6-amd64_1.0.8776+6etch2_amd64.deb > nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-6-amd64_1.0.8776+6etch2_amd64.deb > > Presumably this is why aptitude didn't list the package in the first place. > > Discussion here > (http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=12966&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15) > seems to indicate that I need to be running an amd64 system. > > So, here are my questions: > > 1. I'm running a 64-bit kernel, but am I running a 64-bit system? If not, > how does one install a 64-bit system using the debian installer? Presumably > then I could install the nvidia drivers? Yes you are using a 64 bit system. You need to follow the recipe in the Debian Way nvidia howto plus helpful suggestions from e.g. Lennart Sorensen. > > 2. Should I instead leave things as they are to use the official debian > distribution and do something different to get the nvidia driver? Get Lenny and modify the kernel. > > 3. Given I can't compile the source code debian version or the version from > the nvidia pages, is there a way forward? deb-src repositories have the the code in there. You use gcc to make the new kernel. Its in the Debian Way nvidia installation guide. > > Finally, I've got another amd64 system with the same kernel, but this one > does have the nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-6-amd64 package installed. But I am at a > complete loss as to how the systems are different: /etc/apt/sources.list is > exactly the same and the kernel is exactly the same! Ignore it and carry on with the above. Regards Michael Fothergill > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Be a Hero and Win with Iron Man http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000009ukm/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
