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   From: Joe LaVigne    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: compiling amarok   
   Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:18:43 +0000 (UTC)   
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   On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:50:15 +0000, Moog wrote:   
      
   > Hadron wrote:   
   >    
   >> To be honest I have no idea anymore. Its asking for mesa libraries but   
   >> to install them means uninstalling x-server or somesuch. No. It could be   
   >> something to do with the nvidia driver I have installed. Edgy packaging   
   >> leaves a lot to be desired, or maybe we''re just spoiled and losing the   
   >> art of manual configuration.   
   >    
   > Yup. You are possibly right. It seems a long time ago that I was compiling   
   > kernels to use the old speedtouch "stingray" shaped ADSL usb modem.   
   >   
      
   It wasn't THAT long ago that I was recompiling kernels just for   
   compatibility with 6-disc changer CD_Rom drives. Now, everything seems to   
   be compiled in the kernel already...   
      
   It's good for ease of use, but when something isn't exactly right, it does   
   seem to be a dwindling art...   
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