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Missing kernel headers for NVIDIA drivers

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http://crunchbanglinux.org – Hey everybody,I heard about #! a few days ago and I had been really eager to try it out. I installed #! this morning (with a plethora of problems, unfortunately) and I got it working after a while. Now, however, I'm stuck with more trouble. :(Lets start at the beginning. I installed the backport (you know, because the 3.2 kernel is clearly better than the 2.6.32 one, right?). I got my wireless working by copying a firmware file into /usr/local/lib/firmware. Everything worked fine until I tried to install the NVIDIA drivers. I installed the drivers using the method recommended here. When I (HowTos)

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Submitted by delinux on 10/04/2012

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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2104129

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