On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 05:14:51PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 12 Jun 2001, Anthony Fox wrote: > > "Jonathan David Wheelhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > An apt-get update & dist-upgrade got the newer nvidia-kernel-src and > > > nvidia-glx-src packages(1.0.1251-1). I ran the build scripts > > > (ie. make-kpkg modules-image & dpkg-buildpackage -us uc > > > respectively) but dpkg -i on the nvidia-glx deb gave a missing > > > xlibmesa-dev problem. > > > > > > Can somebody help (I want WindowMaker back!)? > > > > I am not sure about your specific problem, but I have always used > > Nvidia's makefiles rather than debian's package management to install > > glx and kernel modules. Have you tried getting the nvidia-glx tarball > > and doing a `make install`? > > > > -Anthony. > > > > > > My experience is similar. I couldn't get the deb stuff to work but the > virgin Nvidia tarballs worked perfectly. > > Anthony > Sorry for the tardiness; my ISP went down for a couple of days.
Yes, I've got both ways to work before. Now I've reverted to nvidia's way; it seems much simpler and WindowMaker is back! :) Jonathan
