Hi,

I got a Kanotix/Knoppix port of debian on my drive. Runs smoothly!
Now, I'd like to install the nvidia driver, but it refuses, saying
something about missing kernel sources. I tried synaptic, but there's
so many kernel sources avaiable. What do I need?
I got an Athlon XP 1700+ (if that is of any interest).

More, Synapric seems to install from "unstable" archives. Can I tell
it to use stables only?
Thank you,

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Gernot Frisch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I got a Kanotix/Knoppix port of debian on my drive. Runs smoothly!
> Now, I'd like to install the nvidia driver, but it refuses, saying
> something about missing kernel sources.

Oh, yes, the "something about missing kernel sources" error message. Chances
are you have not installed the kernel source files. You must do this.

> I tried synaptic, but there's
> so many kernel sources avaiable. What do I need?

You need the kernel source package that corresponds to your kernel.

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> You need the kernel source package that corresponds to your kernel.

Just installing with apt-get will do, right?
My Kernel says (in KDE control center) 2.6.6-kanotix-33 (or
something). Is a 2.6.6 kernel OK then?

Gernot Frisch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I got a Kanotix/Knoppix port of debian on my drive. Runs smoothly!
> Now, I'd like to install the nvidia driver, but it refuses, saying
> something about missing kernel sources. I tried synaptic, but there's
> so many kernel sources avaiable. What do I need?
> I got an Athlon XP 1700+ (if that is of any interest).
>
> More, Synapric seems to install from "unstable" archives. Can I tell
> it to use stables only?
> Thank you,
>

You need to install kernel sources, usually under /usr/src/linux. Of course
that kernel will need to be the one that you run the X server under.