The only redhat-compatible distro i know that has XFree 4.0 is Mandrake 7.1,
which is currently in beta right now. Go to the http://www.linux-mandrake.com
for details on how to get the ISO.
Since you intend to run bleeding edge X anyway, why not go ahead and get all of
yourself wet and not just your feet \8)
The mandrake distro contains both the latest KDE and Helix-GNOME, so you're
bound for quite a treat.
I know that this does not answer your question directly, but you'll be solving
a lot of head-scratching due to interoperability issues and performance
problems by going with the pre-packaged stuff, rather than rolling your own.
On Sat, 27 May 2000, you wrote:
> I installed RH Linux 6.0 on 2 computers and was trying to configure
> X-windows. I have an on-board SiS 620 4MB for one computer and a S3 Trio
> 3D/2X 4MB card on another (oh no! not this card again!) I downloaded the
> XFree 4.0 glibc2.1 and libc5 binaries and ran "sh Xinstall.sh -check" and I
> have libc6.1 installed.
>
> For both computers:
>
> Q1. So which one do I use? Is glibc2.1 synonymous to libc6.1 (I know it's
> explicitly not, but I thought I read it somewhere that they're the same
> banana...)?
>
> Q2. Because I wasn't sure what I was doing --- I installed the glibc2.1
> first, ran xf86config and I could see some "shadow lines" following the
> window edges... so I installed the libc5 binaries instead.
>
> ---> For S3 Trio 3D/2X - twm works nicely, but I don't like twm. How do I
> configure the box to boot into GNOME or KDE? I tried running gdm, but the
> screen just flickers (and I could see the gray background with the "X"
> cursor for split seconds)
>
> ---> For SiS 620 - startx does not start any X. I ran "startx -- -bpp 8 >
> b.out 2>&1" and the the last lines read:
>
> parse error: line 1 of stdin
> Errors encountered in stdin; not compiled.
> Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
> Removing /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ from the valid list of fontpaths
> xclock: can't resolve symbol 'XmuCvtGravityToString'
> xclock: can't resolve symbol 'XmuCvtShapeStyleToString'
> xclock: can't resolve symbol 'XmuCvtJustifyToString'
> xclock: can't resolve symbol 'XmuCvtOrientationToString'
> xclock: can't resolve symbol 'XmuCvtWidgetToString'
> ...
> (yada, yada, yada...)
>
> Can somebody help me to configure X? Any hints? Thanks.
>
>
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