could you please post the following: the result of this command:
rpm -qa|grep -i xfree I think you may be using the rpm command wrong to see what is installed. to query for the xfree package installed you type: rpm -q xfree NOT rpm -q xfree-4.3-whatever.rpm Therefore the package may actually be there, you just aren't looking quite right perhaps. (don't forget it may be xfree and it may be XFree, caps make a difference, hence the -i in the grep in the line I asked you to post the result of. You could also post for us the contents of /var/log/XFree86.0.log - this contains the log of the latest attempt to start X. On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 16:23:25+1300 dave<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > okay, > > installed Xfree86-4.3-8.4.91mdk.i586.rpm (this is just part of the > XFree system yes). > > the server installed was XFree86-server-4.3-5mdk.i586.rpm). > > the other parts of the Xfree86 system where not affected. > > I got a message to say that mozilla and Galeon were going to removed > as there where dependancy issues (or something like that, it didn�t > bother me). > > Then i shutdown the PC, next ime i started the PC up again with linux > instead of geting KDE i was dropped to the console. > > after trying to start Xwindows manually (startx) I got the error > execve (errorno 2). > > after sometime of plowing through the man pages of various utilites > and apps (which i have mentioned before) I checked in my HOME > directory for the .X.... Files and they were all present. after using > rpm to try and find xfree86-server-4.3-.mdk.i586.rpm that I realised > that the X server wasn�t installed (message return was package not > installed - giveing me the package name also). > > This is what i�m interested in to have someone explain to me why it > would have been uninstalled in the first place. > > > >
