You might have to manually tweak, but you'll at least get faster video with CVS X.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lively" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 5:45 AM Subject: [Newbie]Need help compiling and installing CVS > 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 _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
