Thanks for your reply.
I think you are right, I don't have the "contrib" section.
After posting my original message, I discovered the earlier exchange titled "nvidia video cards", including an opinion that the nvidia package works only if recompiled, so getting nvidia may not solve my problem.
But if I could use a more up to date version of nv, that would be good too. Can I update nv alone, or do I have to update all of XFree86? If I update XFree86, will that result in even more related packages being updated? Is the procedure straightforward? I'm totally new to Linux, and I really don't need to try to learn on "testing", or on a system that has a bunch of possible version incompatibilities.
Thanks again for helping me out on this.
Jack Dodds
Kevin McKinley wrote:
> The GeForce2 and GeForce2 Go are supported by the "nv" driver in the > testing > and sid versions of XFree86. It doesn't support hardware acceleration, > though. > > The nvidia-kernel-src and nvidia-glx-src packages are in the "contrib" > part > of the archive. That means they depend on non-free software. In > /etc/apt/sources.list ensure "contrib" is one of the sections listed: > > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib > > Then do "apt-get update" and you should be able to install the nvidia > packages. > > Kevin > >
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