Hey,
I tried XFdrake --skiptest. My computer just hangs. On the screen it says
Please wait preparing X configuration and it just hangs.
later,
--M. Khawar Zia
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Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Can't install Mandrake 8.0 with S3 Virge
> >
> > I'd guess that it just freezes and never produces any config file,
> > plus leaves all x servers in a directory called post-install
> > rpms. That's what I get, whether it's XFree 4 or 3.3. This is a bug in
> > the Mndrake installer that has existed in everything since M7.0 (except
> > for 7.2, where it was fixed.. hurray). All I can suggest is that you
> > either pu5t a copy of the config fole on a floppy and copy it to /etc
> > using a console editor, and install your X server with rpm, or start
> > with a basic 7.2 installation and upgrade. I do the latter now, then I
> > have to get rid of an old kernal and a lot of unwanted LILO entries.
> > If you haven't set up any X server then kudzu should put you into
> > setup, although I haven't managed to configure X in 8.0 yet from a
> > console. Don't know why I always get erreno 2, it worked with the 7
> > series.
> >
> > --
> > Anna Lawless
> >
> As root do from the command-line do
> XFdrake --skiptest
>
> this will create the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.
>
> After that you have your config file so startx should work
>
>
>
