Well, you can do one of several things. You could go download the
rpm utility from redhat(ftp.redhat.com or www.redhat.com) in gzip then
install it. I know it's floating somewhere, just not sure exactly where.
After that you go to redhat or a mirror and pull.. by the way it's up to
XFCom 2.0.0 and the XBF is obsolete.. the XFCom-Neomagic-2x.rpm and rpm -i
[file] it. Actually, Slackware may be putting their files in a different
place than redhat hmm? You may have to bug with rpm until you get it to
unrpm into a temp directory and see what it scatters all over, then move
them to the corresponding Slackware dir. I'm fairly sure all you REALLY
need out of it is the XFCom-Neomagic (X server), and /etc/X11/XF86Config
files. They may even be in the same spot on both distribs.
If that doesn't make sense you might be able to convince me to
shove it into a tar ball for you.
On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Mike Meads wrote:
> Leon Wood wrote:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ALBRO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: October 24, 1998 10:39 AM
> > Subject: xfree86 questions
> >
> > <<i have a inspiron 3000. i have installed red hat linux 5.1. when i try
> > to load the xfree86 server it won't load. can anyone tell me how to get the
> > x server loaded? this is my first shot at linux so please be detailed.
> > thanks.>>
> >
> > You need to download the NeoMagic XBF file from RedHat's FTP site. It is
> > easily found in the Updates directory. Also download the accompanying
> > README file. Follow the instructions in the README to the letter. After
> > installation type "startx" and you're away.
>
> What if he's not running Red Hat? Do these suckers work with say
> Slackware 3.5? If so, how much work is involved in getting them
> installed and running? (Can you guess what I'm running?)
>
> Thanks,
> mIKE.
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