Re: ia32-apt-get and nvidia
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 07:26:20PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> so now I have got the solution, maybe the following will help others.
>
> nvidia-glx-ia32:
>
> - Installed ia32-apt-get
> - added the entry for apt Cache-limit in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archives
> - ia32-apt-get update / ia32-aptitude update == worked!
> - added new kernel 2.6.30, reboot
If you install the kernel, then use m-a a-i -t nvidia -l 2.6.30-2-686
(replace with your new kernel) and then reboot, then you will have the
nvidia working right at boot.
> - built latest nvidia-kernel for 2.6.30, installed
which would then be all done before rebooting.
> - added ia32-libx11-6 and ia32-libxext using ia32-apt-get
> - installed nvidia-glx-ia32
That matches how I did it.
> google earth:
> - make-googleearth-package did NOT work, bugreport sent
> - the already created and installed googleearth-package did not work
> - hint: if starting from a console in X shows you, which libs are not found
> - add all missing libs using "ia32-apt-get" , for example, if libxrandr2 is
> missing, do "ia32-apt-get install ia32-libxrandr2"
> - after installing all missing libs, googleearth will work!
>
>
> 3rd-party-applications
>
> - ia32-crossover-pro (commercial package) provides "ia32-libs", which were
> deinstalled during upgrade to "ia32-apt-get", so
> "dpkg -i ia32-crossover-pro.deb" did not work!
> - solution: as all necessary libs are already installed (but with another
> package name), forget abolut dependencies, just install using
> "dpkg --force-depends -i ia32-crossover_XXX.deb" works!
>
> Checked all applications! All are working fine.
>
> Hope, this little report is helping other people.
--
Len Sorensen
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