DO rpm -i --nodeps XFree86.....rpm
This will install the rpm w/out checking for dependences.
Than try to use the new server. (it may not work but what do you have to loose)
You should also get an up date of xf86config that works with that server
Doing it by hand can be a bitch.
Please excuse my if I misunderstood you it's late and I'm not the smartest of
fellows.:-)
Will
On 24-Feb-99 s142433 wrote:
> Hi,
> I used whatever version came with my install (redhat 5.2) ran the
> setup program (can't remember which one), which got it running in
> 320x200, and then edited the XF86config file using some paramaters
> (mainly clocks and some modelines) that I found at the linux on laptop
> home pages,
>
> cheers
>
> Johann
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Did you Upgrade XFree86 with rpms or compile it?
>>
>> If you compiled it try the --nodeps option. This may solve your problem or
>> just create another :-p
>>
>> On 23-Feb-99 Michael Stearne wrote:
>> > I have a Neomagic display for an HP Omnibook 2100 with Redhat 5.0. As
>> > far as I can tell Redhat 5.0 comes with XFree86 3.2. In the Linux on
>> > Laptops HOWTO for my computer it says my card is not supported by
>> > XFree86 yet and I have to go to http://PrecisionInsight.com to get a
>> > driver. I went there and got the driver and went to install it (rpm -ivh
>> > XFCom......rpm) and the message I got from it was
>> > XFCom.... requires XFree86 >= 3.3.2. Fine. So I went to xfree86 org and
>> > got the required files for the 3.3.3 release. I ran the preinst.sh
>> > script it was OK, and then I ran the postinst.sh script and it ran OK.
>> > But then I went back to install the
>> > rpm -ivh XFCom......rpm
>> > and got
>> > XFCom.... requires XFree86 >= 3.3.2 again.
>> >
>> > Did I not install the XFree86 version correctly? I only ran preinst and
>> > postinst is there a step in between that I missed or why is this new
>> > version not recognized?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Michael Stearne
>>
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