$author = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ; > > But when I try to install them I get this: > > error: failed dependencies: > kernel-drm = 4.2.0 is needed by XFree86-4.2.0-52.01 > XFree86 <= 4.2.0-3.1 conflicts with XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-52.01 > > My real question is, what does the XFree86 error mean? Where is > 4.2.0-3.1 coming from? I'm installing 4.2.0-52, as far as I can see.
what was the old version of XFree you had installed? i would think that when the new XFree package balks on the drm dependency, the new base-fonts still tries to install but decides it can't with the current XFree... > Those were old RH-supplied RPM kernel upgrades. I'm not running any of > them - I'm running 2.4.18 and as of tonight, 2.4.19. did you compile those kernels yourself? i'd say that redhat patched their kernel tree with the drm module code. if you used a kernel.org tree it might not have the drm code... hth marty -- And true love waits In haunted attics And true love wins On lollipops and crisps "True Love Waits" - Radiohead -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
