[Sussex] debian control panel

[Ronan Chilvers]

Hi Desmond

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 04:16:25PM +0100, Desmond Armstrong wrote:
> I have 2.4.27 kernel and the message I have from doing
> #apt-get install kernel-image |  2.6 is

wrong command - look again

apt-cache search kernel-image | grep 2.6


> #bash 2.6: command not found.
> I have started in recovery mode and entered root password.
> I should get the 2.6 kernel in with source before I attempt the nvidia 
> setup again
> 
> 
> Ronan Chilvers wrote:
> 
> >Hi Desmond
> >
> >On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 10:57:02AM +0100, Desmond Armstrong wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>I am a small tad further forward.
> >>I have downloaded the driver from Nvidia but, I need the kernel source.
> >>I need to update kernel to 2.6 and also require the source, how do I 
> >>install these?
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Which kernel are you using?  You shouldn't need the whole source tree, 
> >just the
> >headers.  I found this howto for nvidia on Sarge:
> >
> >http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.txt
> >
> >Don't know if that helps?  Its a little cryptic...
> >
> >The main sarge repository has several 2.6.x kernels available:
> >
> >apt-cache search kernel-image | grep 2.6
> >
> >and the source package for each
> >
> >apt-cache search kernel-source | grep 2.6
> >
> >You can just apt-get the one you fancy.
> >
> >Does that help at all?
> >
> >:-S
> >
> >Cheers
> > 
> >
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