[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#459761: nvidia-kernel-source: nks 169.07-1 doesn't build with module-assistant

[Philipp Kolmann]

Package: nvidia-kernel-source
Version: 169.07-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

it seems that module-assistant doesn't find the archive to build from:

root at wspk:/usr/src# module-assistant -t auto-install nvidia-kernel-source 
..
Updated infos about 1 packages
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.23-1-686-bigmem
Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.23-1-686-bigmem/build
apt-get install build-essential 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

Done!
unpack 
The source tarball could not be found!
Package nvidia-kernel-source not installed?
Running "m-a -f get nvidia-kernel-source" may help.
"/usr/share/modass/packages/default.sh" build KVERS=2.6.23-1-686-bigmem KSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.23-1-686-bigmem/build KDREV=2.6.23-2 kdist_image
The source tarball could not be found!
Package nvidia-kernel-source not installed?
Running "m-a -f get nvidia-kernel-source" may help.
Build failed. Press Return to continue...

Philipp


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on:
ii  debhelper                     5.0.63     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  dpatch                        2.0.28     patch maintenance system for Debia
ii  make                          3.81-3     The GNU version of the "make" util
ii  sed                           4.1.5-5    The GNU sed stream editor

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source recommends:
ii  devscripts                   2.10.12     Scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  kernel-package               11.001      A utility for building Linux kerne
ii  nvidia-glx                   100.14.19-1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

-- no debconf information