On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:21:18 +0100 Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm suffering from repeated crashes in my Eclipse IDE, which is java. > Restarting it is slow and losing work is never much fun anyway, but I > thought I'd find a solution until now. > > I have 4 approaches to the problem: > - upgrade java (done that, now on the latest release of JDK 1.5, > 1.5.0_16) > - upgrade Eclipse (worst approach, might require me to do a dev > environment re-install) > - upgrade Etch to latest packages (done that) > - upgrade the nvidia driver (trying and failing). > > I'm using "nv", so I thought I'd try the proprietary nvidia driver. > > Following any of the methods on > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers just leads me down the > same path to the point where I find "nvidia.ko failed to build" in > the logs. > > I'm using the stock kernel 2.6.26-bpo.1-686 from apt, and trying to > get the nvidia-glx-legacy nvidia-kernel-common > nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6-686 packages from non-free to install, but > using the instruction: > > m-a auto-install nvidia > > leads to the error "nvidia.ko failed build", as I mentioned above. > > The other methods outlined on the wiki fail similarly. > > The executable download directly from nvidia.com has the same problem. > > Is this whole thing with the proprietary driver a bad idea or just > something that won't work until I get lenny? > > Thanks > Adam > > > > Take a look at this link: -- http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.html Thanks to Len Sorenson for keeping me straight...8-) Jack -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
