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Re: Janitor Script + Debian Squeeze (6.0) - E: Package 'xserver-xorg-video-v4l' has no installation candidate

 

Hello Edu,

since i wrote that script on and specialo for ubuntu, you may have to
modify it a bit for debian.

Am Mittwoch, den 23.02.2011, 16:00 +0900 schrieb Edu:
> Dear All,
> 
> I just installed Debian Squeeze (6.0) on my Sony Vaio VGN-Z93FS. I
> tried to
> setup the laptop with the janitor script (
> http://global-social.net/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=3#sony-VGN-Zseries-janitor),
> but when it reaches the section of the nvidia driver it quits issuing
> the
> following error msg :
> 
> - apt-get -qq install xserver-xorg-video-v4l .... failed!
> sony-VGN-Zseries-janitor: error running "apt-get install
> xserver-xorg-video-v4l":
> E: Package 'xserver-xorg-video-v4l' has no installation candidate
> 
> ow can I overcome this problem and install the nvidia driver?
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance for your time and help.
> 

Since i wrote the script in bash, you may be able to find the place
where it calls the package 'xserver-xorg-video-v4l' to be installed:
(Line 1223) and change the name with the corresponding package name for
your debian release.

Regards,
Raphael

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Raphael Gradenwitz
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