On Mon 21 Jul 2003 at 15:58:04, Nathan Given said:
> Here's my output....

[snip !]

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] nathan]$ rpm -qa | grep XFree86
> XFree86-server-4.2.1-3mdk
> XFree86-libs-4.2.1-3mdk
> XFree86-xfs-4.2.1-3mdk
> XFree86-4.2.1-3mdk
> XFree86-devel-4.2.1-3mdk
> XFree86-server-common-3.3.6-28mdk
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here ...

> XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.1-3mdk
> XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.1-3mdk
> XFree86-Mach64-3.3.6-28mdk
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. and here are the root of your problem.

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

You're running a 3.x server on top of a 4.x installation.  How you
managed to do this, I don't know.  Let's fix it and then tackle Quake.

Since you're running the Mach64 server, you'll get better performance
switching to a 4.x server.  To do this, remove the
XFree86-server-common-3.3.6-28mdk and XFree86-Mach64-3.3.6-28mdk
packages.  Force it if needs be.  Then make sure that /etc/X11/X is a
symlink to the executable /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86, and that
/usr/X11R6/bin/X is a symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper.

At this point, try running just "X" from a command line (make sure
another X server isn't already running).  Whether it gives you a generic
X screen (black/white stipple with X cursor) or not, make sure that the
output indicates it's a 4.2.1 server.

Now you'll need to make a new configuration file.  Run "X -configure".
This will generate a generic configuration file called XF86Config.new in
your HOME directory.  Copy this to /etc/X11/XF86Config (or it might be
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 -- look in /var/log/XFree86.0.log to see where it
looked for the config file -- it will be on a line starting "Using
config file:")

If everything went fine, you'll be back to having an X configuration
using a 4.2.1 server instead of a 3.x server.  If at any time things go
wrong, send us the output and a copy of your /var/log/XFree86.0.log
file.

-- 
Soren Harward
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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