[Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-05 Thread Tom Bednarchuk
Hi all. Anybody have any tips on doing this. I tried to upgrade my RH 7.2 box so that I can use the updated ATI drivers and try and get some hardware accel for MPEG playback but I just succeeded in screwing up the system. So I have reinstalled and now want to try again but I don't want to bl

RE: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-05 Thread Otto E. Haliburton
to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.   Hi all. Anybody have any tips on doing this. I tried to upgrade my RH 7.2 box so that I can use the updated ATI drivers and try and get some hardware accel for MPEG playback but I just succeeded in screwing up the system. So I have reinstalled

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-05 Thread Tom Bednarchuk
PM Subject: RE: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc. I used the binaries and followed the instructions ins and used xinstall.sh and it worked.   -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf O

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-05 Thread Dennie Lee
At 02:29 PM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: Hi all. Anybody have any tips on doing this. I tried to upgrade my RH 7.2 box so that I can use the updated ATI drivers and try and get some hardware accel for MPEG playback but I just succeeded in screwing up the system. So I have reinstalled and now want to

RE: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-05 Thread Otto E. Haliburton
: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 3:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.   That's what I did but I guess that I answered one of the questions to the installer incorrectly. Did you just go with the defaults for every

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-05 Thread Walter Logeman
> I used the binaries and followed the instructions ins and used > xinstall.sh and it worked. I am a newbie indeed, have not really upgraded anything before, should i try this at all? where would one find the binaries? I have mandrake 8.1 - should i use rpms? exploring my system: $ xinst

RE: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-05 Thread Otto E. Haliburton
want. Otto -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Walter Logeman Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc. > I used the binaries and follo

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-05 Thread Tom Bednarchuk
e: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc. At 02:29 PM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: Hi all. Anybody have any tips on doing this. I tried to upgrade my RH 7.2 box so that I can use the updated ATI drivers and try and get some hardware accel for MPEG play

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-05 Thread Tom Bednarchuk
: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc. OK , we're gonna try it again before I get too far along with this system. I'll let you know how it goes.   Thanks for the help all   Tom

RE: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

2002-02-06 Thread Cary Pembleton
  -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Bednarchuk Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.   Hi all. Anybody have any tips on doing this. I tried to upgrade