Thanks for the offer to help. Let me update you on status of my problem. I completely downloaded the CVS files. While I was doing this I located a few posts on what to do next. Let me know it this sounds right to you:
1) Move the ../X11R6 and /X11 directories out of the way. 2) Copy XF86Site.def to host.def and edit it to make any changes to drivers you do not need or compiler optimizations. I have no clue what changes I would need to make. 3) make World 4) make install 5) make install.man I skipped step 2, but after I tried to "make World", I would get about 1/2 screen of text and then it would crash. I researched the error a bit and found it was a bug in certain versions of gcc. Rather than pull my hair out trying to fix this I opted to give up on Red Hat for now and switched to Mandrake 8.1. Mandrake installed flawlessly. It does not recognize the 8500, but I can load a GUI, something I couldn't do with Red Hat 7.2. It's alot easier than trying to learn Linux from a command prompt and a few books. The GNOME Configuration strangely doesn't have ANY video card listed. If I try to adjust the resolution or color depth, it tells me I need to first specify a video card. ????? If I can successfully download and compile the CVNs - do you think this will help to fix it? Will the 8500 be configurable under GNOME or will I have to edit and file myself. I sure could use any help you or anyone else could provide. One thing is for sure, I've learned ALOT in the last two days. Thanks, Brian _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
