Submitted 09-Jul-00 by Gilbert Baron:
> I used Custom and Development.
> The error occurs at the Configure X step.
> This is the gui installation, as plain as I can be.
> I get this error every time. Xfree code itself is there because I did a
> select individual packages once just to see and it did not work that time
> either.
Try skipping the configure X step. (Just press the star next to the
next step in the installer) This will at least get you a working
console system. From there, put your CD in the drive and do (as root)
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS
rpm -Uvh
XFree[-]{,libs,server-common,xfs,{100,75)dpi-fonts,devel,-VGA16,-XF86Setup,-xnest}-3*
> 4. what Hardware do you have (Graphic Card etc.) ?
>
> That is not relevant. I have a Viper II card and a 500 MHz P III if it
> matters.
Actually, it is highly relevant, because if you have an unsupported
graphics card you cannot set up X. Looking through the Card database,
I do not see a Viper II listed:
$ grep [vV]iper CardsNames
Other|Interay PMC Viper=>Interay PMC Viper
Diamond|Viper VLB 2Mb=>Diamond Viper VLB 2Mb *
Diamond|Viper PCI 2Mb=>Diamond Viper PCI 2Mb *
Diamond|Viper Pro Video=>Diamond Viper Pro Video
Diamond|Viper 330=>Diamond Viper 330
Diamond|Viper 550=>Diamond Viper 550
Diamond|Viper 770=>Diamond Viper 770
$
If your card *is* one of the above listed, then you need to rpm -Uvh
XFree86-SVGA-3* unless your card is one of the two noted with the (*).
For those you need the P9000 server instead.
If your card is unlisted, you will use the VGA-16 server and get
640x480 regular VGA.
> I did my best to provide information. it think this now give all you need.
> If not, tell me exactly what more you need. As I said, it is just as though
> I wane tot he store and got the cds except I burned my own from the iso
> images. The inst and ext.
>
> All the code packages load but when It gets to the part o configure x it
> give that error. There is something wrong with the RPM or it is missing and
There is nothing wrong with the RPM and it is in fact there if you had
a good burn from a valid image.
> I don't know how to recover. That is what I need OR THEY NEED TO FIX the
> files. HOW could they release this with obviously no testing.
We did plenty of testing. As was recently pointed out, our Beta cycle
for 7.1 was more than 3x longer than for 7.0. Mandrake cannot forsee every
possible combination of hardware there is.
> I did the EXACT same thing on version 7 and it installed fine but my video
> is only VGA so that is why I want 7.1
You will probably find the same in 7.1 if your card is not in the
above list.
> If I sound frustrated, I AM. I guess I am to used to plugging in the windows
> CD and walking away and coming back 45 minutes later with a new system!
> Soory about that, bad week I guess.
Windows doesn't come packed with enough software to do most anything
at (at least) a basic level. It can barely handle getting hooked to
the 'net before running out of bundled software.
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