Re: does anyone use gtkglextmm successfully?

[Deng Xiyue <manphiz gmail com>]

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 04:39:51PM +0800, 明覺 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.

> >
> > 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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