On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:04:20 +0100, didier gaumet wrote: > Le Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:15:19 +0000 (UTC), Ramon Hofer > <ramonho...@bluewin.ch> a écrit : > > [...] >> So if I get you right, I'm fine when I install linux-image-amd64 and >> nvidia-glx both from the squeeze backports? > > That's what I was thinking: to install the kernel and the nvidia driver > from the same repo (either stable or backports) but I see now that > nvidia-glx from backports depends on nvidia-kernel-dkms (which depends > on dkms, which depends on linux-headers), so, in theory, you could > install stable nvidia-glx and a backported kernel and the right nvidia > kernel module should be built. > All from the same repo would probably be simpler, though. > > [...] >> > I still would suggest you to run >> > # update-initramfs -u -k all >> > in order to update the initrd images of all installed kernels >> >> I removed the squeeze backports kernel so it shouldn't be necessary >> anymore? > > If you have only one kernel or if it is the latest of the installed > ones: no it should not be necessary > >> Now I've just tried to install those two packages. The kernel installed >> without problems: >> http://pastebin.com/py1W6xCS >> >> But when I want to install nvidia-glx from squeeze backports I get this >> message: >> nvidia-glx is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly >> installed, 0 to remove and 42 not upgraded. >> >> But apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't do anything... >> >> Maybe the apt just doesn't take the right repo? >> >> Here's the output of apt-get -t squeeze-backports install nvidia-glx: >> http://pastebin.com/dbiAbndp > > That's right: from the version numbers of your log, apt-get does not > take into consideration the backported version of nvidia-glx. I have > never used the -t option of apt-get/aptitude: maybe this option implies > that it installs only the package from the specified repo but not its > dependencies from that specified repo? Maybe then you would have to > specify pinnings in /etc/apt/preferences? Or "apt-get install -t" first > the dependencies of nvidia-glx before apt-getting -t nvidia-glx itself? > I really don't know, I have rarely used backports in the past so don't > take my word for it...
Ok. Thanks alot for all your infos! I will try it again tomorrow... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jfv1am$sjn$1...@dough.gmane.org
