I'd try and find source rpms instead of doing it the way you are trying because then you screw with package tracking and dependencies which is never good.
On 4/28/09, Michael Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> CentOS is really designed to be a server distro so that's why the stuff is >> older. They don't upgrade as often because it's not necessary and they >> follow RHEL releases. I don't know if it'll work but you could try adding >> the Fedora repo's and see if you can grab the newer mesa stuff you need. >> >> Drew- > > I know that CentOS is designed to be a server distro, but I figure since > I tend not to update very often that it will be better to use CentOS > than Fedora. Sadly, the graphics aren't catching up and who knows when > the next version of CentOS will be released. I have the following > sources which I compiled to install under /opt2 as the prefix. How do > I use them? Do I have to install over the top of the older Mesa? > > [mich...@eagle new_mesa]$ ls > dri2proto-1.99.3.tar libpthread-stubs-0.1.tar schedtool-1.3.0.tar > libdrm-2.4.9.tar MesaLib-7.4.1.tar > > [mich...@eagle opt2]$ cat /etc/ld.so.conf > include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf > /usr/lib > /opt2/lib > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
