Hi Bram. > I would like to install the nvidia drivers on my laptop. I found a > HOWTO that looks very nice on > http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html > > Before starting with the installation I wanted to install all required > packages to see if everything would go as easy as it is described in > this HOWTO. > > Installing module-assistant and nvidia-kernel-common went fine but I > didn't perform the 'module-assistant auto-install nvidia' step yet. > > According to the HOWTO I will also need the package > 'kernel-headers-$KVERS where $KVERS is the output from `uname -r`. > > On my laptop uname -r gives: 2.6.6-1-386 but there is no package > 'kernel-headers-2.6.6-1-386'. So I looked at the output of apt-cache > search kernel-headers and noticed a package 'kernel-headers-2.6-386'. > Will this package suffice?
Hm, I'm not sure. But the nice thing about module-assistant is that it's supposed to figure this out for you. So you don't have to install the kernel-headers-* package at all; run module-assistant, and it will find and apt-get install the right package for you. If you're not ready to run the whole auto-install yet, then try just 'module-assistant prepare' or maybe 'module-assistant -v prepare' and see what it tells you it's doing. > According to /proc/cpuinfo the laptop has a "Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) > 4 CPU 3.06GHz" does this mean I should opt for the package > 'kernel-headers-2.6-686' in stead? Or does this mean I should also get > the 686-kernel first? I believe the -686 version is better when your CPU supports it, as yours does. Let us know what you find out about that. Good luck, Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
