Problem with Dapper and Nvidia

[Ben Collins]

> Hi Ben. Thanks for your answer.
> 
> I tried install linux-headers-2.6.15 (since my vanilla kernel is the
> 2.6.15-rc5), but apt-get automatically install linux-headers-2.4.27,
> why?. The Ubuntu developers don't take care about have a package for the
> 2.6 kernel headers in Dapper?... humm, i doubt it. In any case, under
> Breezy and the same vanilla kernel, the Nvidia installer worked very
> fine.

Ubuntu has never had a 2.4 kernel that I know of. You must have some
other stuff in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. Breezy is 2.6.12 kernel,
and has 2.6.12 kernel headers for each flavour. Dapper is 2.6.15, and it
also has the matching kernel headers.

> Since i can remember, i ever compile and install my own kernels in all
> the Unix like systems i use. Not the kernel the distributor wants but
> the one i decide. Ubuntu is not an exception for this, sorry. ;D
> 
> In any case, i advice you about a possible bug with glx in Dapper, i
> hope.

The glx you are using is from your nvidia install. It's not part of
Ubuntu, so you wont get any help on it from here :)

Make sure your nvidia install sees the right kernel headers (the ones
you built from). That's all you can do. Since you are doing your own
kernel + nvidia driver, you wont get much help in the way of bug
reports.

You need to move this discussion to ubuntu-user, since it is off-topic
for this list.

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   Ben Collins <ben.collins at ubuntu.com>
   Developer
   Ubuntu Linux