Hi,
I have just upgraded Xfree86 in Mdk 8.1 to 4.2.0. I used the
binaries on the XFree site. It was recommended i do this on the
gatos site where I wanted to grab a driver for my ATI card.
It occurs to me that the rpm database does not understand this
upgrade and is operating as if i have XFree86 4.1.0
So... what is the idea here - use rpms only? Is there a way of
telling rpm what I have installed?
I have binary for my ATI Radeon card I'd like to install - I
can't find an rpm for it. Should I do it or risk more of these
incompatibilities with my rpm database? Should i be using
rpmfind? I am just downloading it now.
I am interested in learning how to manage my machine. It seems
this is a messy process. I'd love to hear how others manage
their Mandrake files.
Walter
Some clips from the console follow.
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1001 walter@psybernet:~ (12:14:53)
$ kpackage
kpackage: WARNING: KDE detected X Error: BadMatch (invalid
parameter attributes) 8 Major opcode: 42
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1004 walter@psybernet:~ (07:52:32)
$ rpm -qv XFree86
XFree86-4.1.0-17mdk
1005 walter@psybernet:~ (07:52:42)
$ X -version
XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 18 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.9-13smp i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
~~~
>From the man page:
REBUILD DATABASE OPTIONS
The general form of an rpm rebuild
database command is
rpm {--initdb|--rebuilddb} [-v]
[--dbpath DIRECTORY] [--root DIRECTORY]
Use --initdb to create a new database,
use --rebuilddb to rebuild the database
indices from the installed package
headers.
~
I guess this means it just rebuilds its data from rpm related
installations.
--
Walter Logeman
Psychotherapist
http://www.psybernet.co.nz
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