Re: More Xorg

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

On 2010-03-16 14:30, Sven Joachim wrote:
> 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.

The syntax looks bass-ackwards, but the concept is darned useful.

Thanks!

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