Re: [expert] Switching to X 4.0
Aha! Thats what it was. Thanks for refreshing my memory. :) -Chris On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, you wrote: Chris Spencer a écrit : Hello, I recently reinstalled Mandrake 7.1 and, like a lunkhead, I forgot to set things up to run XFree 4.0. So right now I am running 3.3.6. I know that there is a file somewhere that I can edit so that I can run 4.0 instead of 3.3.6. However I forget what the file is. :( Can someone please refresh my memory? Thanks... You have to symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 to /etc/X11/X, which must be for the moment a link to /usr/X11R6/bin/SVGA (or another X seerver). -- Guillaume Rousse Iremia - Université de la Réunion Plus petites unités de mesure - de longueur : le millimètre - de volume : le millilitre - d'intelligence : le militaire
[expert] Switching to X 4.0
Hello, I recently reinstalled Mandrake 7.1 and, like a lunkhead, I forgot to set things up to run XFree 4.0. So right now I am running 3.3.6. I know that there is a file somewhere that I can edit so that I can run 4.0 instead of 3.3.6. However I forget what the file is. :( Can someone please refresh my memory? Thanks... -Chris
Re: [expert] Switching to X 4.0
Chris Spencer a écrit : Hello, I recently reinstalled Mandrake 7.1 and, like a lunkhead, I forgot to set things up to run XFree 4.0. So right now I am running 3.3.6. I know that there is a file somewhere that I can edit so that I can run 4.0 instead of 3.3.6. However I forget what the file is. :( Can someone please refresh my memory? Thanks... You have to symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 to /etc/X11/X, which must be for the moment a link to /usr/X11R6/bin/SVGA (or another X seerver). -- Guillaume Rousse Iremia - Université de la Réunion Plus petites unités de mesure - de longueur : le millimètre - de volume : le millilitre - d'intelligence : le militaire
Re: [expert] Switching to X 4.0
Submitted 12-Aug-00 by Jens Benecke: How do you configure XFree86 4.0? Is Xconfigurator already set up for the new config file format? Or can you use XF86Setup or something? Use XFdrake --xf4 Most of the X configuration tools you are familiar with are now either deprecated or no longer maintained in the Mandrake distribution. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RSA key available upon request Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry without a certain unsoundness of mind. -- Thomas Macaulay PGP signature
Re: [expert] Switching to X 4.0
On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 11:56:00PM +0200, Jens Benecke wrote: How do you configure XFree86 4.0? Is Xconfigurator already set up for the new config file format? Or can you use XF86Setup or something? I set it up with xf86config, the text mode setup program. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 PGP signature
Re: [expert] Switching to X 4.0
On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 09:13:25PM +0400, Guillaume Rousse wrote: You have to symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 to /etc/X11/X, which must be for the moment a link to /usr/X11R6/bin/SVGA (or another X seerver). Hmmm? I've got XFree86 4.0.1 6mdk installed, and there /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 is not a link, it is a full program. Actually I don't have /usr/X11R6/bin/SVGA. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191
Re: [expert] Switching to X 4.0
Submitted 13-Aug-00 by Alexander Skwar: I've got XFree86 4.0.1 6mdk installed, and there /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 is not a link, it is a full program. Of course :) He meant that /etc/X11/X needs to be a symlink to that binary Actually I don't have /usr/X11R6/bin/SVGA. But you would if you had installed XF-3 -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RSA key available upon request "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..." -- Hunter S. Thompson
Re: [expert] Switching to X 4.0
- Original Message - From: "Alexander Skwar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Switching to X 4.0 On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 09:13:25PM +0400, Guillaume Rousse wrote: You have to symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 to /etc/X11/X, which must be for the moment a link to /usr/X11R6/bin/SVGA (or another X seerver). Hmmm? I've got XFree86 4.0.1 6mdk installed, and there /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 is not a link, it is a full program. Actually I don't have /usr/X11R6/bin/SVGA. well then has anyone have xf336 and upgrade by symlink aas above, successful or not? Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ: 7328191 ___ Why pay for something you could get for free? NetZero provides FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] Switching to X 4.0
Submitted 13-Aug-00 by maiplace: well then has anyone have xf336 and upgrade by symlink aas above, successful or not? Yes :) I had to run XF-3 when I first installed because the default XF-4 config for a Voodoo3 card was broken. Once we figured out what the default config was missing, I added it and switched the symlink. Worked fine. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RSA key available upon request Authors (and perhaps columnists) eventually rise to the top of whatever depths they were once able to plumb. -- Stanley Kaufman
