I did a fresh install of mandrake8.1 on my laptop 2 days ago and it shows X linking to XWrapper
> I have a new machine with an ATI Radeon 7500 that I want to drive dual > screens. > > So I installed Mandrake 8.1, downloaded RPMs for XFree86 4.2 (which I think > I need for better radeon support) and did a lot of rpm -e and rpm -i > commands to get rid of older X and install the new. > > I notice that this has left /usr/X11R6/bin/X as a symbolic link to > XWrapper, which strikes me as odd. Where should that link point? > > Aron Hsiao's book on XFree86 for Linux is proving helpful, but it is based > on 3.something and I'm not certain if differences I'm noting are screw-ups > in my installation or legitimate 3 vs 4 differnces. He says the X link > should point to a server with name of the form XF_*, but I see none of > those in the directory. > > Also, he suggests using a tool called XFree86Setup and I cannot find that > on my system. > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
