Did you add "main contrib non-free" in your sources list?

Yes, of course I did that But there's not a single error in either the procedure I followed or anyone else for that matter. Please take a look at the URLs I posted above. The package is simply removed from testing. The maintainer removed it. Unless there's an alternative repository available somewhere, nobody is able to install the drivers for testing using the debian way.

What packages do you mean (and what howto are you following)? All the ones I needed are still their:

using the nvidia installer is simple enough. I just find it strange that it has been removed for so long though seeing as its a pretty widely used package on alot of systems. All that remains is the nvidia-glx-legacy.

see here:

look no package

http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/s...ng&release=all

yours is only showing nvidia-glx because you already have it installed.

Uhmmm... I'm not really sure if I understand why people keep being suprized about this and thinking that other people made errors in the how-to they followed or followed the wrong how-to. If you just look at the page of the official maintainer then you'll find out the package simply isn't there anymore. The package I'm refering to is of course nvidia-graphics-drivers.

I'll quote directly from http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/nvid...s-drivers.html :
If I do a search on debian.org for said package, I get (of course) the following:

So this confirms that Britney isn't lying. The package really isn't there. If you still don't believe this; take a look yourself at:

http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/s...ll&release=all

I can type the commands to install the driver out of my head, but just to be sure I double checked the 'official' how-to at: http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers . But you don't even have to start at double checking the commands you typed, as there is a large warning on top of it:

Heh... you're right.

I guess that does mean you need to do it the nVidia way (easy enough).

Cause nvidia-glx has been their for ages and I've never used a package named "nvidia-graphics-drivers".
Since it is indeed removed, just use the official installer:
#apt-get install binutils
#apt-get install linux-source-'uname -r'
#cd /usr/src
#tar -jxvf linux-source-xxx
#ln -s linux-source-xxx linux

...and next you can use the official installer.

the problem with unstable packages is that they will be built for xorg 7

also the nvidia-kernel packages and nvidia-glx packages for sid are mismatched (nvidia-kernel is 1.8178 and nvidia-glx is 1.8756)

edit: sorry the packages are ok now!