Okay, Does Mandrake 7.2 come with 4.0.1 or not? I'm confused by Mandrake install. (it's buggy and ill-designed, but that's a different discussion) First of all, it detects my video card incorrectly. It detects it as a RIVA128 when it should be RIVATNT (It's a Diamond Viper 550). Then it tells me that 4.0.1 does not support your card in 3D (or something like that) and it asks me whether I want to install XFree86 3.3.x with 3D help or XFree86 3.3.x. It doesn't even give me the choice of 4.0.1. So, I figured maybe it was a typo or something and chose the regular XFree86 3.3.x. When the install is finished and booted, I type "XFree86 -version" and I get 4.0.1. WTF? Okay, fine, so now I have 4.0.1, but the wrong video driver installed. I want to fix that. XFree86 web page says I should type: "XFree86 -configure" Did that and it autodetected a bunch of stuff (correctly, seemingly). Now to test it I type: "XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new" and I get the cursor that I can move around with the black and white pattern background. Groovy, it works (successful test, right? I assume so. Nothing tells me if that's what I'm supposed to see.). Okay, then I just overwrite the old /etc/X11/XF86Config with this new one (making a backup of course and removing the .new extension). Then I type "startx" and it says that it can't even recognize the keyword "ServerLayout", which happens to be the first keyword in the new XF86Config, and it fails. What did I do wrong? Do I have some fundamentally wrong idea of how this should work? Did my test not work? What's the deal? Any ideas that anyone might have would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Frustrated, Tim PS It seems weird that the new XFree86 Config format isn't recognized, but the old one is. >> use XFdrake instead of xf86config. >> >> -sarang > That doesn't work, I'm in the same boat. > > If 3.x is installed XFdrake does not recognize the 4.0x installation. > > -JMS yeah, XFree86 website says neither does XF86Setup for 4.0.1. I've tried it too. It gives errors.
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