On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 22:11 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > >On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 21:06 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, my plan to upgrade a suse 9.1 installation to KDE 3.4 is on hold, > >>and is perhaps impossible? It appears, I have discovered after seeing a > >>long list of dependency issues, that 9.1 is based on XFree86 and KDE 3.4 > >>requires X11. > >> > >> > > > > > >XFree86 is one implementation of X11, xorg-x11 is another (forked) > >implementation. So if it depends on X11 you are fine. If it depends on > >xorg you aren't. > > > > > xorg-x11 - so i'm stuffed? > > >Is this a dependency for the non-suse rpms that someone pointed you to > >yesterday, or for compiling? > > > > > neither from what i can tell, andy's reference was for a suse mirror > from what i can tell,
Ahh yes that does seem to be so, but probably not an "official" part of Suse, they often have "unsupported" extras on their ftp server. In the same tree (at suse) there are xorg binaries: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/Xorg/ although whether there is a yast thingy for it i do not know. I still think an upgrade to 9.3 would give you a better deal. volker probably has a dvd available. > and that one actually works. while trying to read > packages from the main suse ftp site does not (has been trying to read > package information for quite some time now). > > i'm get the message from stuck record thing, thanks for repeating it for > me yet again as i need it. however 2 hours messing around tonight has > got me nowhere except frustrated, and needing to go into space because i > have a strong desire to scream and i don't want any of you to hear it. > i go round in circles and am getting further from my goal of spending > most time in linux and a minority in windows, not closer to the goal. i > am sure i will feel like trying again in the morning though my next > opportunity to play is not for a few days. i'm getting to the point of > giving up and getting hold of a 9.3 cd . . . what sort of bandwidth do you have? there is a dvd iso online :-) > > as always, i appreciate the help from this list. > > > > > > > >> Am I basically at a dead end with this install and my > >>best option is to upgrade to 9.3? > >> > >> > > > > > >not necessarily at a dead end, but yes sticking with your distros > >updates is the best way to go. (am I sounding like a stuck record?) > > > > > > > >>Cheers, > >>Roger > >> > >> -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
