On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Brian Lavender wrote: >it working with a /etc/X11/XF86Config file. But before I installed, >I rm -rf'ed /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6, so I wouldn't have to worry about >conflicts with exhisting binaries. rm -rf'ing those two directories most likely has hosed many things on your system. Much more than what is installed as part of XFree86 is contained under those dirs. KDE/GNOME put stuff in /etc/X11 for example, and many other applications install stuff under /usr/X11R6. >I have seen some people reference the file /etc/X11/XF86Config, >and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. I am assuming the "-4" file name is used by >XFree86 4.x series, and the non "-4" is used by the 3.x series. If it is, >is it automatic that XFree86 4.x will grab the "-4" file if it exhists? This is all clearly documented at the top of the XF86Config manpage. "man XF86Config" for full details. >Second, I noticed on my Redhat Linux 7.1 install that it installed >both 4.0.3 and 3.3.6. Would I just change the symlink of >/usr/X11R6/bin/X to point to the 4.0.3 version. I noticed >that it was a symlink to Xwrapper which looked like C program. >Is this a part of XFree86, or was it a part of Redhat. It is a part of XFree86, and in Red Hat Linux, Xconfigurator manages the symlink for you to ensure it points to the correct X server, either XFree86, or a given 3.3.6 server depending on your video hardware. If you've removed the 2 directories you mentioned above however, your system is likely missing a lot of files now. rpm -Va &> verify.log will tell you what is missing. The rpm manpage gives details of how verify mode works, and what the results mean. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. Phone: (705)949-2136 http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: #redhat-xfree86 on irc.openprojects.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
