"Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 04:16:18AM -0500, w trillich wrote: > > the error messages i mentioned in my 'successful' (aka non-aborted) > > apt-get dist-upgrade were still > > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLw.so (No such file or > > directory), skipping > > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libMesaGLwM.so (No such file > > or directory), skipping > > > > by the ton, too. hundreds of 'm. is there a way i can get those files > > and re-try the install? or is it optional? (if optional, maybe the messages > > are unnecessary?) > > apt-get install mesag3 # It provides the Mesa OpenGL clone libraries. > apt-get install mesag3-widgets # It provides libMesaGLwM.so > > > oh, by the way--after doing > > # apt-get dist-upgrade > > would a debianist, such as i, have a new kernel--say, 2.1? > > i imagine i'd hafta restart the cpu to invoke it.... hmm? > > I think the dist-upgrade will grab kernel-2.2.14. And, that's the one > time a reboot is required. You might get some errors about modules if > you were previously using 2.0 series.
i did dist-upgrade (frozen) after update of course, and was never asked to restart.
