On Friday 30 March 2001 01:36, Ryan Little wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Ruskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Anyone know of a good XFree86 3.3.6 ->4.x upgrade
> "howto"?
>
> > On Friday 30 March 2001 00:21, Ryan Little wrote:
> > > I've got all the rpm's (I hope) for 4.0.3 installed, yet I still
> > > come up in X running 3.3.6....Anyone know of a good "upgrading"
> > > how-to? FYI my vid hardware on this box is SiS 5597/5598 with 4MB
> > > mem (Shared system mem)
> > > I've also got an old 8MB Monster 3DFX pass through board with 8MB
> > > mem. (Banshee 1 even!)
> > > Thanks
> > > Ryan
> >
> > DrakConf | Graphics Configuration. That will tell you if your card is
> > supported by XFree 4.0.3 and guide you though the setup.
> >
> > Don't know if it's working on Cooker but it's OK in 7.2.
> > --
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> > Linux Mandrake release 7.2 (Odyssey) for i586
> > KDE 2.1
> > Linux 2.4.2-18mdk-for7.2, Uptime 2 hours 5 minutes
> > ----------------------------------------------------
>
> See, the problem is I get the SAME message I got when installing 8.0
> beta, that is, when I run Dispaly config in DrakConf, it says you can
> use "XFree 3.3.6" or "XFree 3.3.6 with Experimental 3D Hardware
> acceleration" I don't get the option to use XFree86 4.0.3 and I should,
> my SiS 5598 is supported there.....Maybe this is a problem with
> DrakConf?
> Ryan *bewildered*
OK, why not try this ...
As root, in /etc/X11,
cp X X-3
ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
then run /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config and see how you go. If it doesn't
work, you can always do:
cd /etc/X11
cp X-3 X
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Linux Mandrake release 7.2 (Odyssey) for i586
KDE 2.1
Linux 2.4.2-18mdk-for7.2, Uptime 2 hours 44 minutes
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