Re: m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 09:32:58PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: Thanks, I got the new packages and I now have the nvidia card working again. I don't want to download and install the next kernel when it is released. If I comment out the sid respository entries in the apt.sources file

Re: m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-28 Thread Jaime Ochoa Malagón
On 5/28/08, Lennart Sorensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 09:32:58PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: Thanks, I got the new packages and I now have the nvidia card working again. I don't want to download and install the next kernel when it is released. If I comment

Re: m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 01:08:19PM -0500, Jaime Ochoa Malag?n wrote: do you think the final kernel could be 2.6.25? even without the bttv module? that will be a shame... 2.6.25 don't solve ide issues (DVD) in my old ASUS A8V Deluxe... to burn CD/DVD I use 2.6.23 :-( and the lack of bttv

Re: m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-28 Thread Jaime Ochoa Malagón
On 5/28/08, Lennart Sorensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 01:08:19PM -0500, Jaime Ochoa Malag?n wrote: do you think the final kernel could be 2.6.25? even without the bttv module? that will be a shame... 2.6.25 don't solve ide issues (DVD) in my old ASUS A8V Deluxe...

m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear folks, My laptop (hp G6062EA) seems to have upgraded to the latest kernel debian:/home/mikef# uname -r 2.6.25-2-amd64 I tried to redo the kernel modification etc to reinstall nvidia drivers. Things seemed to work OK until I got to the m-a auto-install nvidia part.

Re: m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-27 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 08:26:33PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: My laptop (hp G6062EA) seems to have upgraded to the latest kernel debian:/home/mikef# uname -r 2.6.25-2-amd64 I tried to redo the kernel modification etc to reinstall nvidia drivers. Things seemed to work OK

RE: m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 16:37:28 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: m-a auto install failed with new kernel. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 08:26:33PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: My

Re: m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-27 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 08:43:06PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: OK, I did it. Here is the output: debian:/var/log# m-a a-i -t nvidia-kernel . Updated infos about 1 packages Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.25-2-amd64 Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.25-2-amd64/build

RE: m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-27 Thread Michael Fothergill
-- There is no 'nv' subdir in the current version. Only 169.12-1 had the nv subdir and it doens't work with 2.6.25. Get the current version of the packages first. 169.12-3 or 169.12-4 (whichever we are now at). Thanks, I got the new packages and I now have the nvidia card working again.

Re: m-a auto install failed with new kernel.....

2008-05-27 Thread Jaime Ochoa Malagón
you should mark nvidia + kernel package to HOLD in aptitude (pres '=' on the package)... I strongly suggest to use aptitude to upgrade packages... On 5/27/08, Michael Fothergill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- There is no 'nv' subdir in the current version. Only 169.12-1 had the nv subdir