On 1 Sep, Martin wrote: > $author = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ; > > > > But when I try to install them I get this: > > > > error: failed dependencies: > > kernel-drm = 4.2.0 is needed by XFree86-4.2.0-52.01 > > XFree86 <= 4.2.0-3.1 conflicts with XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-52.01 > > > > My real question is, what does the XFree86 error mean? Where is > > 4.2.0-3.1 coming from? I'm installing 4.2.0-52, as far as I can see. > > what was the old version of XFree you had installed?
4.1.0 > i would think that when the new XFree package balks on the drm dependency, > the new base-fonts still tries to install but decides it can't with the > current XFree... But one of the packages being installed is the new XFree86 ... > > Those were old RH-supplied RPM kernel upgrades. I'm not running any of > > them - I'm running 2.4.18 and as of tonight, 2.4.19. > > did you compile those kernels yourself? i'd say that redhat patched their > kernel tree with the drm module code. if you used a kernel.org tree it might > not have the drm code... Yep, compiled myself. The kernel.org stuff does have the kernel-drm stuff (apparently it's had it for quite a while, from what I've read). But I suspect that unless the kernels are supplied via rpm, the rpm database doesn't know what you have. We'll see how I go. Thanks, luke -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
