On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 07:40:50PM +1100, Penguin wrote: > I am still having problems installing Potato. I always use `simple' install > mode and not select X, so I can install the unofficial XFree 4.x debs from > someone who is listed in Debian (http://people.debian.org/~someone) I
http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/ and read the READ.THIS file. > think... anyway I tried listing all the packages at once on the command line > with dpkg but that didn't work either, I got the same problem over and over > again (can't install because I have xfree-common 3.x when I need xfree-common > 4.x). Also I can't compile the NVIDIA drivers because the damn stupid > Makefile is fucked! Why does it have to be so complicated??? I don't know. > > I'm going to complain to NVIDIA for a start ;) and flame them about their > stupid drivers that never compile. > > Also, do you know for certain that I can cure the problem once and for all to > force an install of the XFree 4 debs, fix the Makefile to just compile all > the NVIDIA drivers and install them. I know I have the correct drivers. Can > someone help me with the NVIDIA makefile? It's just a small Makefile, only a > few lines, perhaps max 10 C language files to compile plus headers. > > Thanks. Hope I can install Debian after months of on-and-off trying. I've now > reinstalled my RedHat crap 3 times in one week after failed Debian installs! > Grr!!! > > James > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Jerome
