On August 31, 2006 11:32, Neill Jones wrote: > Phil Savoie wrote: > > On August 31, 2006 10:02, Dennis Myers wrote: > >> Looks like your original install was a 32bit rpm install and not the 64 > >> bit, not sure how to fix that except do a reinstall making sure you get > >> the 64 bit package. HTH > >> Dennis M. linux user # 18084 > > > > Hi Dennis, > > > > Thanks for responding, but I can't believe that... I just downloaded, > > burned and installed the 64 bit version torrent last night from the club > > page. Unless Mandriva did a huge oops with the iso. > > > > Phil > > ____________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > > ____________________________________________________ > > Whatever the reason is, it still looks like Dennis is right in the sense > that you have > a 32bit version of at least one package already installed. For example, > this line > > file /usr/X11R6/man/man3/XF86Misc.3x.bz2 from install of > libxorg-x11-devel-6.9.0-5.8.20060mdk conflicts with file from package > lib64xorg-x11-devel-6.9-1.cvs20050915.2mdk > > says quite clearly that libxorg-x11-devel... is conflicting with > lib64xorg-x11-devel... > Since your list shows that you are trying to update the 64 bit version > you must > have a 32 bit version installed. If the list that you sent is complete, > then it appears > that this is the only package conflicting. If not, read through the > others to work out what > files are conflicting. > > Have a look at this using the package manager tools in mandriva control > center with libxorg > as a search key. > > For the devel file, remove it and then run your update again and it > should be just the > 64 bit version. If the 64bit version does not appear in the update list > and it is not installed > then urpmi it to get it installed and then update it again. > > HTH > > Neill
Thanks Neill and Dennis, If this is truly the case then the Mandriva 64 bit iso is at fault. This is surely detracting from my "way cool" linux experience. I'll take a look as you suggested and see if this does not clear things up for me. Once again, I thank you for your pointers. Phil ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
