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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

Now update apt.

as root:

echo ‘APT::Default-Release “testing”;’ >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00defaultrelease

aptitude module-assistant linux-source-2.6.30

apt-get -t unstable install fglrx-control fglrx-driver fglrx-source

m-a a-i fglrx

aticonfig –initial

restart X or reboot system

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)

Squeeze is the current testing branch of Debian. It does not have the stability of Lenny, but has more updated packages. However, what It is my experience, that what Debian calls testing, is considered stable in other distributions (e.g Ubuntu). Packages are updated more frequently and minor breakage is a possibility. With this in mind, upgrading to Squeeze is relatively easy.

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and replace instances of lennys with squeeze, except your security patches. Check information for availability of squeeze with any third party repositories.

Now the fun begins (as root)

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install apt dpkg aptitude
sudo aptitude full-upgrade

Enjoy!