Re: does anyone use gtkglextmm successfully?

[明覺 <shi minjue gmail com>]

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Deng Xiyue <manphiz gmail com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 04:39:51PM +0800, Ì 覺 wrote:
>> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Mitchell Laks <mlaks post harvard edu> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I installed the pc myself, my os is debian sid amd64:
>> >>
>> >> video card is - 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation
>> >> GeForce 9500 GT (rev a1)
>> >> cpu is - Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E5200  @ 2.50GHz
>> >>
>> >> do you have any experience in installing the right video card driver? thanks
>> >>
>> >
>> > I use the installer from nvidia. i have a 6600GT myself.
>> >
>> > there are two ways. one the debian way which uses their repackaging of the drivers. the other
>> > is the nvidia way. dont mix the two or it wont work.
>> >
>> > you need to apt-get the
>> > linux-headers
>> > package that is appropriate to your kernel.
>> > thus on my machine
>> >
>> > mlaks Rashi:~$ uname -a
>> > Linux Rashi 2.6.26-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 17:57:00 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> >
>> > mlaks Rashi:~$ dpkg -l|grep linux-headers|grep 2.6.26
>> > ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64                     2.6.26+17                     Header files for Linux 2.6-amd64
>> > ii  linux-headers-2.6.26-1-amd64                2.6.26-13                     Header files for Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64
>> > ii  linux-headers-2.6.26-1-common               2.6.26-13                     Common header files for Linux 2.6.26-1
>> >
>> > then you need to make a symlink for
>> >
>> > mlaks Rashi:~$ ls -l /usr/src/linux
>> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 29 2008-12-11 00:56 /usr/src/linux -> linux-headers-2.6.26-1-amd64/
>> >
>> >
>> > then you download the nvidia drivers
>> >
>> > look at
>> >
>> > nvnews.net for linux support
>> > ie go to
>> >
>> > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14
>> >
>> > and look at info on latest drivers
>> > and read around there for a while
>> >
>> > essentially, once you download the drivers
>> > they look something like this (not sure latest version)
>> >
>> > NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.15-pkg2.run
>> >
>> > then you shut down X and you run as root
>> >
>> > export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.1;./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.15-pkg2.run
>> >
>> > and then answer the questions right.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> >
>> >
>> > mlaks Rashi:~$ dpkg -l|grep nvidia
>> > mlaks Rashi:~$
>> >
>> >
>> > NOTICE I dont have ANY of these debs installed:
>> >
>> > nvidia-glx - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
>> > nvidia-glx-dev - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver development files
>> > nvidia-glx-ia32 - NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
>> > nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver (96xx legacy version)
>> > nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx-dev - NVIDIA Xorg driver development files (96xx legacy version)
>> > nvidia-glx-legacy-96xx-ia32 - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver (96xx legacy version)
>> > nvidia-kernel-2.6-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6 series compiled for amd64
>> > nvidia-kernel-2.6-openvz-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6 series compiled for openvz-amd64
>> > nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64
>> > nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
>> > nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-2-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64
>> > nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-2-openvz-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26-2-openvz-amd64
>> > nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-2.6-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6 series compiled for amd64
>> > nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-2.6-openvz-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for 2.6 series compiled for openvz amd64
>> > nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-2.6.26-1-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (legacy version)
>> > nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64 (legacy version)
>> > nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-2.6.26-2-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (legacy version)
>> > nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-2.6.26-2-openvz-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.26-2-openvz-amd64 (legacy version)
>> > nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source (96xx legacy version)
>> > nvidia-kernel-source - NVIDIA binary kernel module source
>> > nvidia-cg-toolkit - NVIDIA Cg Toolkit Installer
>> > nvidia-kernel-common - NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
>> > nvidia-settings - Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
>> > etc
>> >
>> > thus make sure you dont already have the debian nvidia drivers installed if you want to do it my way.
>> >
>> > they will likely conflict with the nvidia way of installing.
>> thank you very much, I followed your instructions and have installed
>> the nvidia driver from Nvidia, and now my application can run and the
>> window can be resized successfully.
>> I noticed that the new driver also replaced /usr/bin/libGL*** files,
>> I remember that those files are installed by mesa before, so it seems
>> that the new nvidia driver also contains opengl implementation
>> libraries.  Does it mean I should remove all the mesa packages from
>> debian and then reinstall nvidia driver?(I think removing mesa will
>> remove the libGL** files).
>>
>
> No, you don't need to uninstall mesa.  If Debian let you install two
> packages at the same time, it means they are supposed to be able to live
> together.  Even they contain same files as in this case, Debian can
> handle diversions smoothly for you.

no, i install the non-free nvidia driver manually, not even by a
debian package, the driver contains opengl implementation, and mesa is
the opengl implementation of debian, so I think they are conflict.

>
>> >
>> > i stopped using the debian way at some point and i dont remember what is involved.
>> > google is your friend.
>> >
>> > you can do it their way too- i just dont know how to do it
>> >
>> > mitchell
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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