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<font size="-1"><font face="DejaVu Sans">So when I try to build the
nVidia driver against the latest kernel (3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64) in
backports, the following error is returned<br>
[code]<br>
make[1]: Entering directory
`/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64'<br>
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/195.36.31/build/Makefile:162: *** Only
2.6.x and later kernels are supported (3.2.35). Stop.<br>
make[3]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/195.36.31/build]
Error 2<br>
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2<br>
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2<br>
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64'<br>
make: *** [modules] Error 2<br>
make: Leaving directory `/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/195.36.31/build'<br>
[/code]<br>
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I came across this url -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vultaire.net/blog/2011/08/14/using-nvidia-drivers-on-debian-squeeze-64-bit-with-backported-kernel">http://www.vultaire.net/blog/2011/08/14/using-nvidia-drivers-on-debian-squeeze-64-bit-with-backported-kernel</a><br>
<br>
<font size="-1">B</font>ut when i try what is suggested at the
bottom with BELOW26 := edited into the Makefile,
dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-kernel-dkms still fails (I commented out
the existing lines). what am i missing?</font></font>
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