On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 04:37:02PM +0100, michael wrote: > I have having a few problems here. I've > $ uname -a > Linux ratty 2.4.27-1-686-smp #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 19:50:17 JST 2004 > i686 GNU/Linux > > but when I try and use module-assistant it complains about headers and > whatever I try doesn't help: > > $ sudo m-a -i prepare > apt-get -y install kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686-smp > > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > E: Couldn't find package kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686-smp > > Done! > > So tried downloading 2.4.27-2-686-smp headers as per > http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/01/msg00398.html > but then get > > $ sudo m-a -i -l 2.4.27-2-686-smp prepare > Kernel headers available > in /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-686-smp > Creating symlink... > > Done! > $ sudo m-a a-i -i -t -l 2.4.27-2-686-smp -f nvidia-kernel > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Package nvidia-kernel-source is not available, but is referred > to by another package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, > or > is only available from another source > E: Package nvidia-kernel-source has no installation candidate > Installation of the nvidia-kernel-source source failed. > Ignoring this package. Maybe you need to add something to > sources.list, > maybe the contrib and non-free archives. > > . > Updated infos about 1 packages > > > Any ideas??? > > Thanks, Michael
It seems like you're missing something in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. Do you have any entries in there? - Ryan
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