Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
On Monday 03 December 2001 12:54, tek1 wrote: how can you easily tell what version you are running? *running* is problematic, but this command will tell you what is *installed* rpm -q XFree86 -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
tek1 wrote: hello. i have 2 basic questions abt xfree86: 1. how can you easily tell what version you are running? 2. i believe that i'm running 3.3.6 (because it mandrake software manager, under installed, i found xfree86-server-common 3.3.6), but i'd like to upgrade to 4.1.0. what is the best way to upgrade? it looks like 4.1.0 came with the mandrake installation, as i found xfree86-server 4.1.0 under the installable listing. can i just check this file and the other xfree86 files that have 4.1.0 listed next to them and click install? with that automatically uninstall or upgrade the already installed 3.3.6 xfree stuff? thanks... :) tek1at a console prompt, typing: X -version will return info on the version that is running (X is a link to the executable that is actually running on your system). to change your xserver just type: XFdrake --expert as root, at a console prompt and, as one of the items you can change, you'll have a choice of the available versions of XFree. :) -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
thank you very much alan :) i really appreciate it. unfortunately, after changing to xfree4.1.0, it didn't really recognize my video card (a card made by a company called msi - has tnt2 m64 support; 3.3.6 has no problems with it) and defaults to a horrendous looking screen (resolution and color). :| 3.3.6 displays very well, but there are ghosts next to some of the areas/icons on the screen. i was hoping that 4.1.0 would fix it, but seems to have made things worse. :( ever experience this? again, thanks a lot for the answers to my questions. :) At 11:06 01/12/04 -0800, you wrote: tek1at a console prompt, typing: X -version will return info on the version that is running (X is a link to the executable that is actually running on your system). to change your xserver just type: XFdrake --expert as root, at a console prompt and, as one of the items you can change, you'll have a choice of the available versions of XFree. :) -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Michel Clasquin wrote: On Monday 03 December 2001 12:54, tek1 wrote: how can you easily tell what version you are running? *running* is problematic, but this command will tell you what is *installed* rpm -q XFree86 XFfree86 -version will do it. -- Chad Young Registered Linux User #195191 @ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
hello. i have 2 basic questions abt xfree86: 1. how can you easily tell what version you are running? 2. i believe that i'm running 3.3.6 (because it mandrake software manager, under installed, i found xfree86-server-common 3.3.6), but i'd like to upgrade to 4.1.0. what is the best way to upgrade? it looks like 4.1.0 came with the mandrake installation, as i found xfree86-server 4.1.0 under the installable listing. can i just check this file and the other xfree86 files that have 4.1.0 listed next to them and click install? with that automatically uninstall or upgrade the already installed 3.3.6 xfree stuff? thanks... :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
I have installed the packages below and restarted x. When I use mandrake control to change the display configuration it only lets me choose between trying xfree86 3.3.6 and xfree86 4.0.3 What happened to the xfree86 4.1.0 choice? Now that I have the files, how do I actually use them? I normally update 8 pkgs: XFree 86 XFree 86-libs XFree 86-server XFree 86-devel XFree 86-Xnest XFree 86-xfs XFree 86-100dpi fonts XFree 86-75dpi fonts I also normally use rpmdrake to download and install, you simply need add a Cooker source. You do not need all the pkgs I have. If you use rpmdrake just select the XFree 86 rpm and it will auto add the others that you Must have. Once they are installed, log-out and restart X ( you do not need to reboot.) Charles LOL, that almost worked. It took trying all the mirrors twice before I finally didn't get the an error occured when adding this source then I figured kewl, I'm finally gonna get it, and now 6 tries later I'm getting error fetching package on all of the packages. If you are still using the stock rpmdrake you need to manually download and install the lastest release from cooker: rpmdrake-1.3-106mdk.i586.rpm I usually have good results from this site: ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS Once you have it installed you should not have any problem adding a Cooker source. Or if you prefer you can manually also dl the XFree rpms into a special directory such as /home/jon/xfree. Once you have dled all the rpms you need, cd to /home/jon/xfree, su to root and rpm -Uvh *rpm and this will install all the rpms residing in that directory. Charles Well that just blew things up...lol Broke the netowrk connection. Ended up having to reinstall 8.1. I did notice that Auruor or whatever it is called is installed by default. I choise not to install it and I guess we will see what happens now. Thanks for your help though. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:52:59 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:23:36 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:37:35 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:32:21 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the upgrade? I normally update 8 pkgs: XFree 86 XFree 86-libs XFree 86-server XFree 86-devel XFree 86-Xnest XFree 86-xfs XFree 86-100dpi fonts XFree 86-75dpi fonts I also normally use rpmdrake to download and install, you simply need add a Cooker source. You do not need all the pkgs I have. If you use rpmdrake just select the XFree 86 rpm and it will auto add the others that you Must have. Once they are installed, log-out and restart X ( you do not need to reboot.) Charles LOL, that almost worked. It took trying all the mirrors twice before I finally didn't get the an error occured when adding this source then I figured kewl, I'm finally gonna get it, and now 6 tries later I'm getting error fetching package on all of the packages. If you are still using the stock rpmdrake you need to manually download and install the lastest release from cooker: rpmdrake-1.3-106mdk.i586.rpm I usually have good results from this site: ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS Once you have it installed you should not have any problem adding a Cooker source. Or if you prefer you can manually also dl the XFree rpms into a special directory such as /home/jon/xfree. Once you have dled all the rpms you need, cd to /home/jon/xfree, su to root and rpm -Uvh *rpm and this will install all the rpms residing in that directory. Charles Well that just blew things up...lol Broke the netowrk connection. Ended up having to reinstall 8.1. I did notice that Auruor or whatever it is called is installed by default. I choise not to install it and I guess we will see what happens now. Thanks for your help though. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XFree upgrade question
What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the upgrade? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:32:21 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the upgrade? I normally update 8 pkgs: XFree 86 XFree 86-libs XFree 86-server XFree 86-devel XFree 86-Xnest XFree 86-xfs XFree 86-100dpi fonts XFree 86-75dpi fonts I also normally use rpmdrake to download and install, you simply need add a Cooker source. You do not need all the pkgs I have. If you use rpmdrake just select the XFree 86 rpm and it will auto add the others that you Must have. Once they are installed, log-out and restart X ( you do not need to reboot.) Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFree upgrade question
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:37:35 -0500 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:32:21 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What packages from cooker do I need to upgrade? What is the best way to do the upgrade? I normally update 8 pkgs: XFree 86 XFree 86-libs XFree 86-server XFree 86-devel XFree 86-Xnest XFree 86-xfs XFree 86-100dpi fonts XFree 86-75dpi fonts I also normally use rpmdrake to download and install, you simply need add a Cooker source. You do not need all the pkgs I have. If you use rpmdrake just select the XFree 86 rpm and it will auto add the others that you Must have. Once they are installed, log-out and restart X ( you do not need to reboot.) Charles LOL, that almost worked. It took trying all the mirrors twice before I finally didn't get the an error occured when adding this source then I figured kewl, I'm finally gonna get it, and now 6 tries later I'm getting error fetching package on all of the packages. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
