Installing via apt-get software causes issues.

bambam43410 · 07-28-2006, 09:03 PM

I just installed debian stable and added repositories to install nvidia drivers and amarok. I have both the stable and testing repositories, with the stable commented out. Any time i try to install firefox, thunderbird, or pretty much anything else, it says that KDE, Gnome, the X Server, and about every installed program must be removed. I'd go through with the install, but this has happened before, and I don't know how to fix it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

rickh · 07-28-2006, 09:27 PM

You should have installed Testing in the first place. Apt wants to delete all those programs because it wants to install xorg instead of xfree86.

I think you'll probably have difficulty getting the new Nvidia drivers to install on Sarge. Assuming this is a fresh install, and you haven't accumulated a lot of critical data, get the Etch netinstal .iso, (about 100 MB), and start over.

bambam43410 · 07-28-2006, 10:03 PM

Ok, i'll try that. I'm wondering though, does that still use the 2.4 kernel? i have big issues trying to use 2.6.

rickh · 07-28-2006, 10:13 PM

I think Testing is now using 2.6.16

I can't imagine that it's not an improvement in every way over 2.4

bambam43410 · 07-28-2006, 10:22 PM

nope, unfortunately its not. causes a kernel panic at boot that i can't figure out.

rickh · 07-28-2006, 11:09 PM

Try it again with the Etch installer