There are XFree86-4.0 mandrake out on the cooker ftp sites in the contrib directory. The one I always use is ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakecooker/contrib for some reason XFree86-server-4.0 is in MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS. Once you get those and upgrade with them you will need to delete your current /etc/X11/X sym-link to link to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 there is only one server now not a different one for each card. Also Xconfigurator does not work for 4.0 so you have to use the good old generic xf86config. The /etc/X11/XF86Config file is a lot different. I have been using these RPMS for a while and have no problems. In fact 4.0 is incredibly fast. John ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Thomas Huld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:20:04 +0200 >Nickolay Belostotsky wrote: > > >> Hello! >> >> What do I have to do to make a backup of my current XFree (3.3.6) >> installation? Would just copying /usr/X11R6 to another location do? >> Or there >> /still/ will be some files missing from backup? (I want to move to >> 4.0 >> because it's new :-) and because of the new NVidia drivers) >> >> > >At least two other things: > >Backup /etc/X11 > >The new installation will update the shared library database, so if you >go back to the old installation >you will have to run: > >ldconfig > >I couldn't get the binary distribution of XFree86 4.0 supplied from the >xfree86.org site running with >Mandrake 7.0, but when I removed /usr/X11R6/ and /etc/X11 and restored >these two directories >from tar's and ran ldconfig I could get the old X to run again (after a >reboot). > >Hope this helps. > >Thomas > > > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Thomas Huld >European Commission - Joint Research Centre - Ispra Site(IT) >T.P.723 >I-21020 Ispra | Insofar as my employer has coherent >Italy | opinions they are unlikely to be mine >tel. +39 0332 785273 | (That said, see http://eu.conecta.it) >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >
