Re: nvidia-glx won't install

[Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk>]

On 12 Jun 2001, Anthony Fox wrote:
> "Jonathan David Wheelhouse" <whsjnd@froggy.com.au> writes:
> 
> > An apt-get update & dist-upgrade got the newer nvidia-kernel-src and
> > nvidia-glx-src packages(1.0.1251-1).  I ran the build scripts
> > (ie. make-kpkg modules-image & dpkg-buildpackage -us uc
> > respectively) but dpkg -i on the nvidia-glx deb gave a missing
> > xlibmesa-dev problem.
> > 
> > Can somebody help (I want WindowMaker back!)?
> 
> I am not sure about your specific problem, but I have always used
> Nvidia's makefiles rather than debian's package management to install
> glx and kernel modules.  Have you tried getting the nvidia-glx tarball
> and doing a `make install`?
> 
> -Anthony.
> 
> 

My experience is similar. I couldn't get the deb stuff to work but the
virgin Nvidia tarballs worked perfectly.

Anthony

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