Re: xorg update clobbers Nvidia GL

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 08/17/08 15:59, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 08/16/08 12:57, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > It seems every time xorg is updated it clobbers my Nvidia driver and,
> > > all of a sudden, those cool GLX screen savers, not to mention Google
> > > Earth (a mission-critical application!) don't work.  If I use
> > > nvidia-installer to UNinstall the drivers, it tells me
> > > '/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so is not a symbolic link',
> > > whereas, right after installing the nvidia drivers, it IS.  So, what
> > > I'm wondering is whether there's any way to protect a symbolic link
> > > from being overwritten.  Ordinarily, if I want to protect a file, I'll
> > > make it read- or read-and-execute-only, but a symbolic link is always
> > > 'lrwxrwxrwx' and 'chmod 555 link' just changes the permissions on the
> > > underlying file.  Perhaps that will protect the link from being
> > > replaced with a file, but I'm not confident!  A hack solution would be
> > > simply to rename the underlying file to the link name and make THAT
> > > unwritable, but I think that might confuse the nvidia installer.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions will be welcome.
> >
> > After any xorg update, I go into /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions and 
> > manually symlink the nvidia libglx.so.XXX.YY.ZZ to libglx.so.
>
> Good point. But you have stated this at least 6 times in the last couple 
> of years. People must forget.

People use so many different terms and ways of phrasing the same 
problem that Googling can sometimes be a futile exercise. 
Especially if you are a n00b or casual user.

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no
hook beneath it."  -- Thomas Jefferson