I believe I have found the problem that prevents XFree86-4.x from building. There are no dependency messages, no obvious error messages. I began scrolling back thru the message display on my xterm, from which I ran the build, and see a message that /var/tmp/XFree86-root/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/glide_drv.o could not be found. That's all there is. OK, so I downloaded glide_drv.o from a website on the net after doing a google search. Suboptimal. Whence, exactly, is the glide_drv module supposed to derive? From XFree86-4.x source or from Glide_V3-DRI? I had already installed the listed dependencies for XFree86-4.x, yet this error occurs. I manually transferred the module to /var/tmp/XFree86-root/usr /X11R6/lib/modules/drivers and began the build process again with "rpm -bb XFree86-4.spec". I am assuming that I will end up with rpms this time. Another question, however. I have, at present, XFree86-3.3.6 installed, from Mandrake 7.0. I have downloaded and built the XFree86-compat-3.3.6 src rpm from cooker/7.2beta. This leads to these questions: When I am ready to install XFree86-4.x, do I merely do an rpm -Uvh? Do I have to uninstall 3.3.6 and then install 4.x? What functions does the Xfree86-3.3.6-compat packages actually supply? Surely not any servers, as the server I will be intending to run is the XFree86-4.x server? Finally, does drakxconf only setup you XF86Config for 3.3.6 or does it also work with 4.x OR should I stick with using the 4.x-supplied xf86cfg app? praedor
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