Hi All,
I'm just moving over to the ubuntu world and would like to get my NVidia card going. Going through the ye olde Nvidia process which requires the kernel source.
apt-get install kernel-source is bringing down the source for 2.4.27 instead of the 2.6.10 kernel which is installed.
apt-get kernel-source-2.6.10 yields the error "Couldn't find package kernel-source 2.6.10"
I have updated my /etc/apt-get/sources.list to include universe repos already.

Is there another repository I need to aim at? Am I using the wrong name? Someone please point me to the source of my troubles.

Thanks,
Jordan.

u cna search from the list of packages by

apt-cache search kernel-source

and then install that package

also after u chage ur sources.list, u need to run this

apt-get update

regards

did that, did that, couldn't do that, did that, did that.

In other words, the cache only lists 2.4.27 source. I have run apt-get update. But since the source isn't in the cache, I can't install it. I did find a package called nvidia-kernel-source which I haven't seen before...

what link do u have active in sources.list??

Hi,

Is there a reason you are having to compile your own kernel headers for the Nvidia card? Ubuntu have made this really easy by including precompiled headers in the universe repository:

From ubuntuguide.org:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup
sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/NVIDIA-Settings.desktop

Insert the following lines into the new file

[Desktop Entry]
Name=NVIDIA Settings
Comment=NVIDIA Settings
Exec=nvidia-settings
Icon=
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;

Read ubuntuguide.org in it's entirety for more info.

Cheers,

L.

Search for 2.6 kernel related packages with:

apt-cache search linux-source

here's what you get:

linux-patch-ubuntu-2.6.10 - Ubuntu patches to Linux 2.6.10
linux-source-2.6.10 - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.10 with Ubuntu patches
linux-patch-ubuntu-2.6.11 - Ubuntu patches to Linux 2.6.11
linux-source-2.6.11 - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.11 with Ubuntu patches

However, as a previouse poster pointed out, you don't have to re-compile just to get nvidia working ...

ltmon, you are a genius. Or at least literate. I'm afraid I should have read that...although I did some reading/searching, I totally didn't see that bit. I really appreciate the pointer and the paraphrasing. I haven't tested the 3D capabilities yet but the NVidia splash screen appears so all should be well.

mlmurray, I appreciate the information. I was searching on kernel-source (as per the error message) rather than linux-source as per your post. I will know better next time. Thanks.

This wasn't really needed, I havent put it into the config file, just logged out of gnomen did a CTRL + ALT + ESC (to reload X) and the Nvidia screen appeard and it worked very good.

But a well written howto.

I am having a similar problem to earlier mentions about the kernel source. I have also recently come over to Ubuntu and am trying to get the latest versiion of the IPW2200 drivers working. It won't let me compile and I am asuming it is because I don't have the kernel source loaded?? If I search for the appropriate source code with apt-get it only returns a 2.4 kernel and no 2.6 kernel sources??

root@LG1:/home/mike/downloads/ipw2200-1.0.4 # apt-cache search kernel-source
avm-fritz-kernel-source - AVM Fritz! binary kernel module source
fglrx-kernel-source - ATI binary kernel module source
cpad-kernel-source - Source for the Synaptics cPad driver
freeswan - IPSEC utilities for FreeSWan
kernel-patch-2.4-lids - LIDS Kernel Patch
kernel-patch-debian-2.4.27 - Debian patches to Linux 2.4.27
kernel-source-2.4.27 - Linux kernel source for version 2.4.27 with Debian patches
kernel-tree-2.4.27 - Linux kernel source tree for building Debian kernel images
lidstools-2.4 - LIDS Admintool
nvidia-kernel-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source
oprofile - system-wide profiler for Linux systems
wacom-kernel-source - Source for the wacom binary modules
wacom-tools - Utilities for wacom tablets and other hid devices

Do I need to load another repository?????

Mike

oziemike please see mlmurray's post.

That's not needed to make the driver work, that is to add the menu entry for the video settings.