> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 07:52:56PM -0600, Mark Allums wrote: > > The **** you say! Is this why I can't get X going under vanilla 2.6.28? > > Any word on the ETA of the fixing of the breakage? > > Well given the kernel isn't in unstable, it didn't seem like a problem > in need of a fix yet. Now given I was thinking of going to 2.6.27 or 28 > to try and fix my webcam and I want my nvidia card to stay working, it > may just have become an issue for me so I guess I should go work on the > next version and see when Randall wants to do something with it. > > > What's the deal, anyway? The nVidia blob installer tries to make like > > it can't find the kernel headers, nor the compiled output. > > I guess we could consider packaging up the 180.x driver in experimental > or something. It is a beta driver though and generally those have not > been packaged up. Usually we just patch the driver to work with newer > kernels when needed.
Sorry, I tend to forget that it is a big deal to do that stuff. It's just as well you haven't packaged the beta. NVidia I think already has some later versions. My guess is that they will get around to fixing it once and for all for both the newer kernels. Thanks for the reply; I know you guys are busy and I tend to be a pain in the anatomy. (Sorry I am just now saying thank you, I have been out of pocket for a while. On the upside, I now have a new GigaByte Core i7 machine to try Debian on. I may try a Lenny install on it, assuming I can get a Lenny AMD64 DVD in a timely fashion. Wish me luck...) Mark Allums -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
