Hi Lionel, Please note that the ln -s command should have the last two params reversed, just in case someone else sees the directions below.
Thanks for this advice. I made the change and got it to work. However, I did have one problem. When I ran Xconfigurator, it kept switching the link right back to XF86_SVGA. However, if I don't run Xconfigurator, it seems to load up version 4, and somehow, the XF86Config-4 had the right stuff in it, in particular the reference to s3virge driver in device section. I wonder if Xconfigurator created a "suggested" version 4 config, even though it insisted on putting the 3.3.6 link in etc/X11/X. I tried using Xconfigurator --preferxf4, which does seem to leave the link in place, but it hangs during the monitor test after painting the gray screen with the large "x" cursor in the center. It doesn't ever seem to get to the point where it puts up the finer resolution window, asking if you can see it. Nevertheless, the file it generates does seem to work with an xstart. I find this pretty strange and wondered if you could give me any clues about how to make Xconfigurator work. Thanks, Bill Wraith Lionel Lecoq wrote: > with RH 7.2 you have both 3.3.6 and 4.1.0 installed, the one RH enabled depends on >your hardware > if you have 3.3.6 (which the SVGA would indicate) it suffices to redirect /etc/X11/X >to > /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 to get 4.1.0 > you have to watch out: /etc/X11/XConfig is for 3.3.6 and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is >for 4.1.0 > in short > 1. do X -version this tells you what you are running > 2. if you are running 3.3.6 and want 4.1.0 > cd /etc/X11 > ln -s X /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 > 3. adapt your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 if needed > > the drivers are modules now. It suffices to specify the one you want in the device >section of > XF86Config-4 for instance s3virge for the one you mention... > There should be NO need to uninstall or install or reinstall anything > Hope that helps > Lionel > PS 3.3.6 uses Xwrapper for security reasons, I don't know whether 4.1.0 uses it... > > --- Bill Wraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a Toshiba laptop w/RH7.2, which I recently upgraded from RH7.0. > > In the original install of X, I had to switch to using the XF86_SVGA > > server, following instructions from a laptop site I read, which I did by > > getting the XF86_SVGA (probably by installing the rpm package, although > > my memory is a little fuzzy) file installed in /usr/X11R6/bin and doing > > a soft link from /etc/X11/X to that file. This was because the laptop > > has the S3/Virge MX+ card (I think), and the SVGA server is the one that > > works - and only in 16bpp mode. I notice w/Xfree86 4.10-3 installed, > > that there are possibly new drivers for the S3/Virge MX. I thought maybe > > I could try using those, but I wasn't sure how to easily reverse what > > I've done. It seems the new drivers are loadable modules now? I wasn't > > sure how to implement the use of these properly. > > > > I see that there is a rpm package for the SVGA server > > (XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-42) and XFree86-compat-modules-3.3.6-42 listed when > > I do rpm -q -a | grep XFree86, along with several packages for version > > 4.1.0-3. > > > > I imagined a couple of choices: > > > > 1) Completely uninstall all the packages associated w/XFree86, and then > > only install from scratch the 4.10-3 packages ( or the latest > > versions?). Then run Xconfigurator, or Xfree86 -configure (any advice > > about which would be better?) Do I have to explicitly download and > > install the driver rpm package for s3virge, or is it somehow included in > > the packages for XFree86 version 4.10? I ask this because I see an > > s3virge_drv.o in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers, but I didn't know if > > this was something from the 3.3.6 version or the driver I'm looking for. > > > > 2) Change the symbolic link in /etc/X11/X back to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 > > (except I wasn't sure if that was the right link to change). Also, I > > notice /usr/X11R6/bin/X is linked to /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper. I didn't > > know if this is an issue. Then I would copy the new config file > > template, /etc/X11/XF86Config.rpmnew, into either /etc/X11/XF86Config or > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Here I wondered which of these two files is > > really used. I couldn't easily tell what that was all about. > > > > I thought the second choice would be easier to reverse. In the case of > > the first choice, I wasn't sure if I could easily reverse it by > > re-installing the rpms mentioned above for SVGA and > > compat-modules-3.36-42 and changing the links and /etc/X11/XF86Config > > files back. However, the first choice might work better for me, since I > > really know very little beyond running Xconfigurator for doing the > > setup. > > > > Any insight into the best way to try out the new drivers would be > > greatly appreciated. Ideally, whatever I do would be reversible in case > > the new drivers don't work, and easily configured using one of the > > configuration tools, since I really would have a long way to go if I > > have to learn in detail how to make changes significant changes in the > > configuration files themselves. > > > > Thanks, Bill Wraith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! 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