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Non-free repositories problem (very much a newbie)I posted this question before but I think it was in the wrong forum because there haven't been any responses. I hope this is the right forum. But I'm all very new at this. It's regarding the non-free repositories I need to use for making my nvidia card work properly, I put
into my sources.list but it doesn't seem to work. But "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/non-free/" certainly works with my web browser, so how come aptitude gets confused by it? I'm evidently not using the right address. I also tried the unofficial list from
but it told me it couldn't get the public key. Can anybody help? Bookmark/Search this post with: 
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Here's a thought...
The most common reason repositories don't work is a real simple one --- did you update after you modified the sources.list? (Did you use apt-get update, aptitude update, click the appropriate button in Synaptic or Adept, or whatever tool you are using?)
Sorry if I've insulted your intelligence, but this caught me out a number of times!
Don't worry about the public key error. Simply install the 'debian-archive-keyring' package and this will go away.
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Here's a thought...
Don't worry I have been updating. My knowledge is very basic right now and full of gaping holes but thankfully that isn't one of them. I tried the keyring. Apparently it is already installed. I reinstalled it anyway. But the problem refuses to go away. I want my fancy graphics!
non-free repository
My sources list has this entry and i am able to get non-free packages like unrar from there.
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
running apt-cache search nvidia shows me nvidia packages also like nvidia-kernel-2.6-686 . So maybe you'll get it too.
I wonder if its the / that makes all the difference? Try it.
don't forget update ofcourse before getting the package.
Regards
Hildebrand Victor
Fantastic. Thank you.
Fantastic. Thank you.