Do you have any specific examples as to why the Debian Kernel Source Packages and the Debian nVidia Source Packages are flawed? I have always found Debian source package installations to be a very clean way to mange software on a system. You get the power and control of compling the source yourself with any modifications or options you want and the dependency/confliction resolutions of debian package management. In a follow up email I stated that I got everything working, I had just forgot to put a directory into /etc/ld.so.conf (the directory containing the nvidia libGL). The other files that you stated do not need to be purged from the system. They just need to come after the ones you want in the library search path. Should I ever remove my nvidia card and replace with a Matrox or other opengl capable card, I will be glad I didnt purge my system of these files. Thank you very much for responding to my problem. I would have definately tried your suggestions if the problem was still plaguing me. Tom Hudak wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 10:17:20PM -0600, Jason J wrote: > >I am trying to get quake3 to run under linux for the first time. > > > >I am running the following > > > >Geforce 2 MX > >Debian Unstable updated as of 1 day ago > >Xfree 4.02-12 > >2.4.2 custom from debian kernel source > First of all, even though you are running debian, get rid of the debian kernel > sources, and DON'T use the debian nvidia stuff, it's slower and buggier than > their latest sources off their website. > Grab a fresh clean kernel off kernel.org > and grab the kernel and glx sources here, > ftp://ftp.evil3d.net/pub/Evil3D/Linux/NVIDIA/NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-769.tar.gz > ftp://ftp.evil3d.net/pub/Evil3D/Linux/NVIDIA/NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-769.tar.gz > compile said software and install. > Now debian does some things that nvidia's driver dosn't like, like putting the > following files back when they *NEED* to be removed to get the NVidia module > and all glx components to work. (And they'll come back after every upgrade.) > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a > /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 > /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 (linked to libGL.so.1.2, so relink to nvidia libGL) > After these are removed, running glxinfo should no longer kill your X session. > If it does, please post the sections of the XFree86.0.log regarding glx > modules being loaded etc. > Good Luck, > -- > Thomas J. Hudak > Systems Administrator > Sistina Software Inc. - www.sistina.com > Phone: 612.379.3951 Page: 612.318.1967 > Fax: 612.379.3952 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature