I built it from the source tarball from XFree's web site here a couple months ago. It was no big deal. The configuration was alittle tricky but that was because I was setting up multiple heads. Works nicely though. I just hope they finish up the docs on it all soon. :) *^*^*^* Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. -- Albert Einstein On 15 Oct 2000, David Boles wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 12:36:12 -0600, praedor said: > > I have watched this thread go on for some time. I have seen many people > offer suggestions and much "try this" help. I am NOT an expert. I do > NOT have the answer to your problem with the compiling. But I do have a > question and a couple of simple suggestions. > > Question. Why are you trying so hard to compile source files for > XFree-4.0.1? > > When ... > > Suggestion. Why not just download the already prepared XFree-4.0.1 RPMs > from Mandrake Cooker? > > Or... > > I just received an email from Cheapbytes. They are now taking > pre-orders for L-M 7.2. Since the betas of 7.2 contain XFree-4.0.1 I > would think that the official release would contain it also. Would that > not solve your problem? > > > > > What I would REALLY like to see is someone on the list download the > > src.rpm and try > > building it themselves. Preferably someone with an athlon system, since > > that is my system, > > though that shouldn't matter. > > > > I just would like to know if ANYONE is successful at building the binary > > rpms from > > the XFree86-4x source rpm. If the answer is yes, then tell me what > > version of > > mandrake you have, what rpm version, what glibc version, and what Glide > > rpms > > you have installed. > > > > praedor > > > > praedor wrote: > > > > > I downloaded a module from the net but have no idea where to place it. > > > It really is supposed > > > to be CREATED from the XFree86-4x source as > > > XFree86-glide-module-4.0.1-*mdk.ix86.rpm > > > and is not supposed to derive externally. > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Next Part --- > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > > > -- > > David Boles > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
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