Installing own packages with aptitude

Hi all, I would like to install some selfmade or downloaded packages on my system using apt or aptitude. These are packages, which are experimental or 3rd-party (like my printer driver), and which is no repository for. All packages are installable with dpkg -i by hand, and all packages shall

64-bit and chroot

Dear maintainers, I do not know, if this is still realized, but I would like to introduce an idea to you. I am running a 64-bit-system, and a chroot. Most of the time, this is not needed. But there are a few applications, which need a few libs out of the 32-bit-chroot. My solution was, to

Re: Installing own packages with aptitude

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 04:14:45PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: I would like to install some selfmade or downloaded packages on my system using apt or aptitude. These are packages, which are experimental or 3rd-party (like my printer driver), and which is no repository for. All packages

Re: 64-bit and chroot

try ldd on an 32 bit program and on the same program 64 bit... On 3/7/08, Hans-J. Ullrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear maintainers, I do not know, if this is still realized, but I would like to introduce an idea to you. I am running a 64-bit-system, and a chroot. Most of the time, this is

Via pm4900 Chrome9 graphics.

Greetings All. Does anyone have any experience compiling a driver for a Via P4M900 Chrome9 grapics chip? So far I'm on testing/lenny. Xorg.org is down at the moment, so I can't check for support. This is in an Asus P5VD2-VM motherboard. Thanks, Chris W. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: 64-bit and chroot

El dv 07 de 03 del 2008 a les 16:51 +0100, en/na Hans-J. Ullrich va escriure: Now my question: To make sure, an application will use the correct library, it must be sure, that the correct library will be used, even the 64-bit-library and the 32-bit-library have got the same name. The only

Re: Via pm4900 Chrome9 graphics.

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 10:59:09AM -0800, C Wakefield wrote: Does anyone have any experience compiling a driver for a Via P4M900 Chrome9 grapics chip? So far I'm on testing/lenny. Xorg.org is down at the moment, so I can't check for support. This is in an Asus P5VD2-VM motherboard.

Re: 64-bit and chroot

Does anyone here have an inside ear with Adobe and/or SUN? I think they at least owe us an answer as to IF and WHEN for AMD64 code will be available. If they aren't going to do it, it might help motivate the OSS solutions to fill the void.