On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 10:26:18AM +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: > using Radeon 9200 and its proprietary driver fglrx-glc22, with the > latest upgrade of today I get the message > > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibmesa3-gl_4.2.1-13_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2', which is also in > package fglrx-glc22 > > I understand the problem; I also had to force the install of that > ATI-driver. > Since I don't want to break anything, how can I optimally circumvent > this issue ? >
I 'solved' the problem by putting the mesa packages on hold. There's probably a better way by using diversions or something, but echo "packagename hold" | dpkg --set-selections was simplest. -- Mental ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The world has changed around us And our vision's grown opaque We believe we have the answers But never learn from our mistakes --Assemblage 23 GPG public key: http://www.neverlight.com/pas/Mental.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
