Re: Still can't install :-(
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 07:40:50PM +1100, Penguin wrote:
> I am still having problems installing Potato. I always use `simple' install
> mode and not select X, so I can install the unofficial XFree 4.x debs from
> someone who is listed in Debian (http://people.debian.org/~someone) I
http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/ and read the READ.THIS
file.
> think... anyway I tried listing all the packages at once on the command line
> with dpkg but that didn't work either, I got the same problem over and over
> again (can't install because I have xfree-common 3.x when I need xfree-common
> 4.x). Also I can't compile the NVIDIA drivers because the damn stupid
> Makefile is fucked! Why does it have to be so complicated??? I don't know.
>
> I'm going to complain to NVIDIA for a start ;) and flame them about their
> stupid drivers that never compile.
>
> Also, do you know for certain that I can cure the problem once and for all to
> force an install of the XFree 4 debs, fix the Makefile to just compile all
> the NVIDIA drivers and install them. I know I have the correct drivers. Can
> someone help me with the NVIDIA makefile? It's just a small Makefile, only a
> few lines, perhaps max 10 C language files to compile plus headers.
>
> Thanks. Hope I can install Debian after months of on-and-off trying. I've now
> reinstalled my RedHat crap 3 times in one week after failed Debian installs!
> Grr!!!
>
> James
>
>
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