Might work on lenny and/or 64bit variations

NOTE: These instruction apply to the 2.6.32-2 kernels

Make sure sources are enabled and you have contrib and non-free enabled in /etc/apt/srouces.list and include the unstable branch with squeeze.

deb http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

# UNSTABLE
deb http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

as root edit /etc/apt/prefernces and add:

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 300

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: -1

as root:

aptitude install nvidia-kernel-source/unstable

aptitude install module-assistant

m-a prepare

m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source

aptitude -t unstable install nvidia-glx nvidia-libvdpau1 nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig

OPTIONAL: remove or quote out the unstable/sid entry in /etc/apt/source.list and run apt-get update

as root

nvidia-xconfig
mv /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Start or restart Xorg (might require reboot)

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