Well you can't upgrade X if X is running - ever tried to change the engine in a car while at 100mph on the highway? shut down X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, try "killall xdm", retry.
Emre Tezel schrieb: > Hi Everyone, > > I am a real newbie when it comes to upgrading XFree86. My first attemp > was a disaster. I tried to do everything in the installation document on > the XFree86.org web site. I have some newbie questions. > > I am going to use the Xinstall.sh script. In the installation document > it says the following > > If you run the installer from within an X session (the installer checks > if $DISPLAY is set), you will be warned that doing so is not a good > idea. Unless you have a good reason for knowing that this won't be a > problem, you should exit your X session, including stopping xdm or > equivalent if it is running, before continuing. > > How do you exit the X session and stop xdm? Is this really necessary for > Red Hat 7.1? > > Thx > Emre > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM d-(--)@ s-:+ a-- C++ UL>+++ P>++ L+>++ E- W++ N- o? K? w--(---) !O M-- V? PS+ PE+++(++) Y+ PGP- t+(++) 5 X+(++) R++(+++) tv--@ b++ DI+++ D+ G(--) e* h(+) r%>* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Nothing fights like the opposition _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
