etch/sid no nvidia-glx package suggestions on how to install nvidia drivers.

[michael_aust]

How do I go about installing the nvidia drivers now that the sid repos and the etch repos dont have the nvidia-glx package for xorg? Is there another debian way I can install them because all the guides I have found all say apt-get install nvidia-glx which obviously I cant do.

I know I can use the nvidia installer although id prefer not to.

Is it just going to be a case of waiting until the nvidia-glx package re-enters the repos. All the other packages needed are there nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-2.6-486 etc just not the glx package.

Any suggestions?

I had installed it before but i have recently done a new install for one reason or another.

Thanks in advance

Michael

[antidrugue]

Argh...

the packages, they are gone!


I would suggest to just use the nvidia installer, and no Debian nvidia packages at all.

Just follow this how-to:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...d-drivers.html

[farslayer]

An explaination of what's going on with Xorg in Debian

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel.../msg00010.html

lots of things have moved around on the system so you may run into a few other issues until it's all worked out.


People would be well advised to not update untill this one is resolved or they could end up with no desktop...

[gruven]

A quick

apt-get update && apt-cache search nvidia

on my Debian Unstable box shows the nvidia-glx package available in the unstable repositories.

It was unavailable one day last week because of a conflict, but the devs had that resolved in no time. I haven't had any problems as of yet and I am currently running it.