On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:16:20 +1100 "doc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to install XFree86, into TurboLinux 6.1 and have ran into > a slight problem. I have downloaded all the files, including the > optional ones, copied them from my MS Win98 Internet box, to my linux > box via a 100mb zip disk, onto a FAT32 partition that is shared with > other OS's. I then copied the files to a new directory, and tried to > run 'sh xinstall.sh' and it asked for a confermation and after that, > told me that none of the required files were found, yet they were all > copied there. Is there a problem with copying files from FAT32 to a > linux dir? or have I not done something realy simple? (like chmod'ing > something?) I am still a newbie to linux, but have done alot (and > learned alot!) so far, and would love to take the easy script install > way. thanks!! This sounds like the problem "Yu-Fong Cho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> reported with Solaris a few days ago, which "Vaughn Given" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diagnosed as" > Xbin.tgz Xlib.tgz Xman.tgz Xdoc.tgz Xfnts.tgz Xfenc.tgz Xetc.tgz > Xxserv.tgz notice these are ALL upper case X files but in your > download they are lower case xman.. xdoc and need to be changed to > Xman... etc. Looks like in the process of moving around through those case-insensitive (i.e., lame) file systems the names got mangled. Just hope the NEWLINEs didn't get CARRIAGE-RETURNs inserted. -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
