Eskild Hustvedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just did a clean install of Cooker using netinstall floppies 7 Oct. > It did not want to install X and did not allow me to continue from the > "Summary" screen during the installation to the Updates step because it > compained that it could not find SVGA X server. I had to do a reset. > When I got the machine booted up and was trying to install X using urpmi > (urpmi xfree86-server-4) I got the following message: > --- > Some package requested cannot be installed: > XFree86-server-4.3-23mdk.i586 (due to missing > XFree86-xfs-4.3-23mdk.i586) > XFree86-xfs-4.3-23mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied XFree86-libs[== > 4.3-23mdk]) > chkfontpath-1.9.10-1mdk.i586 (due to missing XFree86-xfs-4.3-23mdk.i586) > (Y/n) > --- > So It didn't install anything. > > Today (8 oct) I had to download XFree86-server-4.3-23mdk.i586 and > XFree86-xfs-4.3-23mdk.i586 and manually install them using: rpm -Uvh > --nodeps [package]. > > I seem to have X running fine now though.
Having strict requires on same version and release of XFree86-libs is to be sure it will works, but it can works on some cases. You have been lucky, that's all. You may have got conflicting files or even X11 applications that do not want to start due to linking problems... Fran�ois.
