hi just wanted to say that i also had a trio 3d---- bought a velocity
128 -30 bucks -- works great in 16bit.
--- Bob Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark Hall wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to upgrade my XFree86 in the hope that
> the latest version will
> > support my (so far unsupported S3 Trio3d) video
> card.
> >
> > I downloaded XFree86-3.3.5-1mdk.i586.rpm from
> Linux-mandrake. I did this on
> > my Win NT box, then FTP'd the file to my Linux
> box.
> > I de-installed the old XFree86:
> > RPM -e --nodeps XFree86
> > I try to install the downloaded package:
> > RPM -i XFree86-3.3.5-1mdk.i586.rpm
> >
> > At this point i get the message:
> > error: XFree86-3.3.5-1mdk.i586.rpm cannot be
> installed
> >
> > Can anyone help a beginner out here. I thought I
> was getting a handle on
> > this stuff.
> >
>
> Hi Mark, a couple of silly questions, but you didn't
> say:
>
> 1. are you on as root? I don't think that a regular
> user
> can do this. If I'm wrong, somebody please correct
> me.
>
> 2. Are you in the same directory as the rpm file?
> I've
> used rpm to install this file. I've had some
> problems that
> I haven't figured out yet, but it did install.
> (except for
> the configuration parts)
>
> Give the exact steps that you used and the
> directories
> that you and the rpm file were in when you ran the
> command.
> Maybe that'll help shed some light on your problem.
>
> Bob J.
>
>
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