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Re: Having problems with getting Nvidia hardware to work...



On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 05:33:28PM -0700, Steve Baker wrote:
> Katie Lucas wrote:
> >OK, I've got a box with a GeForce2 in it. I'm testing out whether
> >debian is a good platform for supporting it.
> >
> >I've installed Mesa. I've installed Glut. I've installed nvidia's X 
> >drivers.
> 
> Don't install Mesa.  Mesa is the driver of last resort if a 'real' OpenGL
> implementation does not exist.
> 
> Uninstall Mesa - then go to www.nvidia.com head over to downloads and 
> install
> their Linux drivers.
> 

I thought I had to install Mesa first to get the OpenGL header files?

Or do they come in one of the Nvidia packages I've missed?