On Thu Oct 31 2002 at 10:57, Tony Nugent wrote: > On Wed Oct 30 2002 at 16:02, Charles Griffin wrote: > > > --- Tony Gloster <tony@tonygloster.com> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > First let me state that I am fairly new to Linux. I recently > > > tried to install a game for my kids to play when they log on to > > > this box. The package installer is telling me that I need > > > libGLcore.so.1 . I was under the impression that when you chose > > > an "everything" install, everything gets installed. What do I > > > need to make sure I have in order to resolve this dependency. > > > > > > Please help. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > TG > > > > > This sounds like a 3d video driver issue. What kind > > of video card do you have and have you installed the > > necessary drivers for it? > > If he has an "everything" install, then the library is there. > > Have a look in /etc/XF86Config and check the Modules section, you > should have in there: > > Load GLcore > > If this is missing, then adding it (and restarting the X server) > should do the trick. > > If not, then I'll be suprised (something else is misconfigured). Oops, there's more to this issue than I first thought :) The XFree86 package provides /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extenstions/GLcore.a which is the module I was referring to above. Nowever, /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 is something that is provided by the NVIDIA_GLX package (and probably some other third-party xfree86 drivers). It seems to me that the binary rpm for the game was build on a box that had this library installed, and as a result one of its dependencies is this particular library. It may be possible to install the game with "rpm -ivh --nodeps" and it will work anyway. If not, then I would suggest that you get the .src.rpm for that package, then use "rpmbuild -rebuild" to regenerate useable binary packages that can successfully installed. If the box does have an nvidia video card, then I would suggest that the linux nvidia .src.rpm packages (from nvidia's web site) be rebuilt and installed - after which the game will install no problem. (Beware, if you do this, follow the install instructions very carefully, especially noting the changes that are required to the /etc/X11/XF86Config file). Cheers Tony -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
