Kendall Bennett wrote: > > > Hi Guys, > > I have been mass compiling and installing multiple versions of XFree86 > onto a machine for compatibility testing (Red Hat 7.3 based, so I can use > the GDB hacked up debugger ;-). However whenever I do a 'make install' > from a freshly built 4.2.0, 4.2.1 or 4.3.0 (haven't done any ealier > versions yet ;-), it always blows away something in the startup files so > when I do a 'startx', all I get is a desktop with three console windows > open (seems to be using twm as the window manager). If I copy all the > files from the original Red Hat 7.3 /etc/X11 directory across, it starts > up just fine using the GNOME desktop. > > Firstly, I don't know what file is being destroyed or replaced. Does > anyone know what file is getting replaced? Secondly it seems to me that a > 'make install' should be non-destructive and should not be changing this > file. I have not changed any of the defaults in the host.def file, so it > seems to me that it is bug that after a make install over the top of an > existing XFree86 install, XFree86 no longer functions the way it did > before. > > Is there an option to fix this in the host.def file? If so, perhaps this > should be the default option when doing a make install?? > > BTW, I am using a script to symlink /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11 for each > version so I can switch between all versions with a simple command ;-)
Depends somewhat on how RH does X init. You can look through startx and xinit setup and see what's being changed. I know on SuSE that 'make install' breaks the KDM/xdm startup, and that they use a WINDOWMANAGER environment variable in their X init pieces. If you don't have that variable set, then you'll get either no wm or twm. But doing a source install over your distro's install tree is really up to you to resolve. -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
