Re: More Xorg
On 2010-03-16 17:29 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote:
> That's the beauty of compiling my own kernel from linux-source-2.6.xx
> and installing nvidia from upstream: for months on end, I've got a
> stable kernel and video.
>
> Using Sid does mean, though, that occasionally I must go into
> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions and mv the xserver-xorg-core
> libglx.so out of the way (usually to "libglx.so.software") and then
> symlink nvidia's libglx.so.XXX.YY to libglx.so. That, too, is rare,
> and only a little bit of manual intervention.
The correct way to move the file out of the way is to use dpkg-divert(8)
_before_ you install the Nvidia driver. Then upgrades of
xserver-xorg-core will not overwrite your symlink.
This is what the nvidia-glx package does, BTW.
Sven
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