Mark Hall wrote:
>
> I'm trying to upgrade my XFree86 in the hope that the latest version will
> support my (so far unsupported S3 Trio3d) video card.
>
> I downloaded XFree86-3.3.5-1mdk.i586.rpm from Linux-mandrake. I did this on
> my Win NT box, then FTP'd the file to my Linux box.
> I de-installed the old XFree86:
> RPM -e --nodeps XFree86
> I try to install the downloaded package:
> RPM -i XFree86-3.3.5-1mdk.i586.rpm
>
> At this point i get the message:
> error: XFree86-3.3.5-1mdk.i586.rpm cannot be installed
>
> Can anyone help a beginner out here. I thought I was getting a handle on
> this stuff.
>
Hi Mark, a couple of silly questions, but you didn't say:
1. are you on as root? I don't think that a regular user
can do this. If I'm wrong, somebody please correct me.
2. Are you in the same directory as the rpm file? I've
used rpm to install this file. I've had some problems that
I haven't figured out yet, but it did install. (except for
the configuration parts)
Give the exact steps that you used and the directories
that you and the rpm file were in when you ran the command.
Maybe that'll help shed some light on your problem.
Bob J.
