Hi Nick, Yes i did read the URPMI, RPM, Xfree86, X, .Xauth, and a number of other man pages.
the helpful part for me was when i tried to see what packages of the X system where loaded and it told me that the xfree86-server-4.3-8mdk package wasn�t installed. thing is _why_ was it unloaded in the first place ??? I think i did miss a some thing out (an attempt to stop myself from rambling <g>). I preferred to use the GUI not sure on manually pppding ( and yes i looked at the man pages and my only attempt locked the system up - more than likely my miss use). got a copy of the server rpm via windoze off the net. dave. On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 21:36, you wrote: On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 17:56:35 +1300 > > dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seasons Greetings folks.... > > > > Wells been an exciting couple of days. > > > > Upgraded my Mandrake 9.1 system with XFree86-4.3-8.4.91mdk.i586.rpm > > (using XFree server-4.3-5mdk.i586.rpm plus others...) > > > > Now why did i loses my server as the next time i went to start the PC > > i was faced with a console and no GUI. > > > > when i tried to start using startx i got an error exe???? (errorno 2) > > informed me that something CRITICAL wasn�t there like the user > > settings file. I ended up finding out the server wasn�t installed. > > you need to be more specific with your error messages > > > I also had to install by doing rpm -i > > Xfree86-server-4.3-5.mdk-i586.rpm --nodeps. > > urpmi is the mandrake update tool. go read about it. > > if you had to do nodeps then you were missing something. it means > you are missing a dependency, ie something that > Xfree86-server-4.3-5.mdk-i586.rpm needs to work properly. urpmi will fix > that. > > anyway the proper rpm syntax for updating is -U not -i. but as i said > you should not need to use rpm. use urpmi. (did i say that enough times > now??) > > > WHY???? > > > > any help would be most greatful. > > > > dave > > > > ps i i had no messages to say that XYZ packages also needed to be > > installed and did i want them installed. infact i got a message to say > > that Mozilla* and Galleon where to be uninstalled due to dependancy > > conflicks.
