-----Forwarded Message----- > From: Wilber Washbucket <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: libGL > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:05:53 +1100 > > Gday Ataif, > > You might need to install the Mesa* and libMesa* rpms: > http://www.sunsite.org.uk/package/mandrakelinux/devel/10.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ > Just search for mesa. > > Before you install the Mesa* and libMesa* rpms first check to see if you > have the libGL.la file by typing in: > file /usr/lib/libGL.la > > If you already have the file don't worry about installing the Mesa* and > libMesa* rpms. Instead just follow the instructions from the excerpt from a > nVidia developer faq... > X. Known issues with release 1.0-5328 > ------------------------------------- > People report that using libtool with release 1.0-5328 fails with: > > "libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libGL.la' is not a valid libtool archive" > > nvidia comments on this: > > This is a problem with the libGL.la generated by the nvidia-installer. > Please > edit /usr/lib/libGL.la, and replace the line: > > # Generated by nvidia-installer: 1.0.5 > > with > > # Generated by nvidia-installer: 1.0.5 (for use by libtool) > > libtool greps for "^# Generated by .*libtool" before using .la files. > > This will be fixed in the next driver release. I apologize for the > inconvenience. > > Andy Ritger > NVIDIA Corporation > > Hooroo, > Wilber > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "clug" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Wilber Washbucket" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:49 PM > Subject: Re: libGL > > > > Wilber isn't this the same driver we had on Bruces laptop? > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Cheers Don > > > > Ataif, > > > > Wilber and I were installing mdk10 on a machine with an nvida (I think) > > video and had to change the x version... > > > > I've cc'ed this message to him, he might remember > > > > Cheers Don > > On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 09:05, Ataif wrote: > > > Hi > > > I´m running mandrake 10 and I installed an nVidia video driver for my > > > machine. When I did this I was running apollon but for some reason it > > > wasn´t connecting to all servers, so I tried to reinstall. It then came > > > up saying it needed the file libGL.la in the /usr directory but when I > > > looked it wasn´t there. I looked on google and someone else had said > > > that they had experienced a similar problem where the nvidia driver had > > > edited some part of libGL.la so it didn´t work. Any suggestions on what > > > I should do? > > > thanks > > > Ataif > > -- > > Don Gould > > > > > > > -- Don Gould
