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[THOMAS ADAM <1adamt71@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Simon Detheridge 
[mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent:	Thursday, September 27, 2001 4:03 PM
> To:	suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> Subject:	[SLE] Problems building XFree86 :(
> 
> Sorry if this has come through more than once... Mail 
server fun at work 
> today... No, really...
> ---
> Hi,
> 
> I tried installing the XFree86 4.1.0 package for SuSE 7.1 
on my new Vaio GR 
> laptop, and it installed okay, but didn't detect my ATI 
Radeon Mobility... 
> sax2 can do normal VGA okay, but anything else isn't 
happening...
> 
> I looked at the changelog on xfree86.org and noticed 
support for this has 
> been patched in to the version in CVS.


Yep. You're correct :-)
 
> Now, I'm not that up on building sources for linux 
(pretty new to all this) 
> so I decided rather than go for the (potentially 
unstable) version in CVS 
> I'd just build vanilla 4.1.0 first...

That seems ok, although usually I have had no problems with 
using CVS before.

> So I downloaded the three source .tgz files from 4.1.0, 
unpacked to my home 
> directory, and built by doing the following:
> 
> cd xc
> su
> make World >& world.log
> 
> that's it... I didn't change any config files. (I looked 
at site.def and it 
> looked okay) - But the build failed. (Last few lines of 
world.log below...)
> 
> Has anyone done this before? What steps do I need to take 
to make it build 
> properly, so I can then add in my patched files and 
hopefully get support 
> for my hardware. Any pointers appreciated.


Looking at your "world.log" file, I notice that you have nt 
got the binary "bison" installed. I recommend that you do 
this!! Furthermore, when you typed in "./configure" before 
you "make", what output was shown. (Hint: you can check the 
file "config.cache" for this)

Regards,

Thomas Adam

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Thomas Adam 
"The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- <www.linuxgazette.com>

A Student at the "Southampton Institute", Southampton, 
Hants, ENGLAND