Re: Application problems associated with missing libGLcore.so.1 file

[AG <computing.account@googlemail.com>]

Hi Camaleón

Thanks for your response.


On 04/12/10 11:26, Camaleón wrote:

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> > I couldn't find anything under an apt-cache search, so searched it on
> > the Debian website and found a number of nvidia-related packages that
> > contain this library file.  All good.
> >      
> Yep... I've got "nvidia" driver installed.
>
> sm01@stt008:~$ dpkg -S libGLcore.so.1
> nvidia-glx: /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.173.14.09
> nvidia-glx: /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1
>
> Let me check:
>
> sm01@stt008:~$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
> ii  nvidia-glx   173.14.09-5   NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
> ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-2-amd64  173.14.09+3+lenny1   NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26
> ii  nvidia-kernel-common    20080825+1  NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
>
> But I have installed those just because my VGA card is nvidia-based.
>
>    

As is my card.  I have tended to go for the proprietary drivers from 
nVidia directly, & I wonder if somewhere along the line I pulled down 
the Debian libraries as part of an update?  This is certainly consistent 
with what I have found out from further research.

Anyway, the fix was to rerun the nvidia installer script after purging 
anything to do with nVidia via #aptitude purge ~i~nnvidia

This seems to have done the job & the error was mine: I mixed 
installation methods somehow without realising it. Mea culpa :-(

Thanks for your assistance though.

Cheers

AG