forcemerge 374062 456199 thanks On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 11:20:25AM -0500, James Barrett wrote:
> sdl_ttf v2.0.8 produces a runtime error: Failed loading DPMSDisable: > /usr/lib/libX11.so.6: undefined symbol: DPMSDisable As explained in bug #374062, this message is unrelated to the failure. > I thought I could get around this by removing FreeType and just grabbing > the latest FreeType source code to do make install, but first trying to > apt-get remove libfreetype6 wants to uninstall all my other packages. I > can't spend the time reinstalling from source all of those other > packages too. > Here are a couple of links that came back from my google searches that > have more information about the bug. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg198133.html > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=440390 > Here is what apt-get wants to remove when I attempt to remove > libfreetype6. (Is there another way to upgrade freetype?) The normal way would be to backport the Debian package to etch instead of trying to build from upstream source. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]