Finally I have managed to install the driver and it works perfectly now after installing the binutils and kernel sources. I just wonder why they were not installed by default as they are essential Thank you Ölafur for the hint Ibrahim
2009/4/22 Ibrahim Shaame <isha...@gmail.com> > No, it's not there. Will try to install binutils this afternoon > > > > 2009/4/22 Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson <ojs...@gmail.com> > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 09:24:31AM +0200, Ibrahim Shaame wrote: >> > I have two problems in installing Debian Leny: >> > >> > 2 - I have just acquired ASUS with AMD Phenom Quad and NVIDIA GForce. I >> have >> > installed Slamd64 ( a Slackware variant for AMD 64bit). It booted after >> the >> > first shot and X used framebuffer as a default display drvier. I then >> > downloaded the NVIDIA driver from NVIDIA and could install within >> seconds. >> > Everything is working perfectly. Then I installed my 5 DVDs of Debian >> amd64. >> > But at the end of the exercise X Windows could not fire up (screens not >> > found, etc..) When I tried to install the NVIDIA driver I got the >> message >> > "ld" not found. And truely I could not find it any where in the "bin"s. >> And >> > there I am stuck. The only good news is that "Grub" can boot both >> Slamd64 >> > and Debian >> >> Is the ld not in /usr/bin/ld? >> If not, try to install the binutils package. >> >> HTH >> >> Oli >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> listmas...@lists.debian.org >> >> >
