On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 15:58, Nathan Given wrote:
> thanks for that...
> 
> but what does xpdyinfo give?
> 
> Here's my output....
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] nathan]$ xdpyinfo
> 
> name of display:    :0.0
> version number:    11.0
> vendor string:    Mandrake Linux (XFree86 3.3.6, X-TT 1.3, patch level 28mdk)
> vendor release number:    3360
> XFree86 version: 3.3.6

> so am I running XFree86 3.x or 4.x?

Looks like it's currently running an old 3.3.6 server.  To force the
newer server to run, try running 'XFree86' instead of just X or startx.

Michael


> 
> THanks!
> --
> Nathan
> 
> 
> On Sunday 20 July 2003 10:57 pm, Jacob Albretsen wrote:
> > On Sunday 20 July 2003 09:14 pm, Nathan Given wrote:
> > > In trying to troubleshoot all of this...
> > >
> > > How do I find out what version of XFree I am running?
> >
> > Assuming Mandrake, Red Hat, or another rpm distro, the quick and dirty way:
> >
> > rpm -qa | grep XFree86
> >
> > When I do that, I get:
> >
> > XFree86-libs-4.3-5mdk
> > XFree86-xfs-4.3-5mdk
> > XFree86-4.3-5mdk                    <----- this one
> > XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.3-5mdk
> > XFree86-devel-4.3-5mdk
> > XFree86-server-4.3-5mdk
> > XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.3-5mdk
> 
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