I figured it out. To install nvidia-kernel with out having to recompile anything you need the kernel-source deb for your running kernel symlink it to /usr/src/linux copy /boot/config-<your running kernel> to /usr/src/linux/.config cd /usr/src tar zxvf the nvidia-kernel-src tar.gz cd /usr/src/linux make-kpkg modules_image cd .. dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-<blah>.deb Debian package maintainers are nice people. :) Jason J wrote: >Anyone using a stock deban kernel image and using the nvidia-kernel deb >package? > >It looks like the nvidia-kernel deb package only works if you compiled >your kernel yourself. > >i pointed /usr/src/linux to /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.8-686-smp but >the make-kpkg modules_image complains. Which I can understand as there >is only the headers for the kernel there. I installed the kernel-source >for 2.4.8, but the .config file is not for the running 2.4.8 kernel >image from debian and make-kpkg modules_image pulls in the .config file. >I wish the kernel image included the .config. > >I would like to do this the debian way, and not for source for once. I >have done the whole thing from source many times, but I want to try it >with pure debian packages this time. > > > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >