mhf wrote:
Issue: I cannot execute Xwindow system due to the fact that I am using an ATI Radeon graphics card with XFree86 4.0 on SuSE 7.0. I need to download and install XFree 4.0.2. I have gone to
this is the place to start^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ now instead of clicking on the README or RELEASE NOTES links, click on the XFree86-4.0.2 link just above them, this will take you to ftp directory, then click the suse70 folder, then download all the rpms there into some directory....you will also need some files in the folders depending on which video card you have, see the readme for details on dri and which files are needed.
and have read the release notes and the readme document.
Inquiry: 1. I can't figure out which i386 files I need to download to properly install and run 4.0.2. (The readme doc says I can find the files in "glibc 2.1.3" but I don't see such a folder.)
i didn't either
2. My linux computer is not connected to the internet. Once I download the necessary files to my windows machine, how do I transfer the files to my linux computer and place them in the proper folder or directory in linux. What is the proper directory in which to place the files.
can you see the windows box using ftp? i can't log into my windows box from linux, but i can log into my linux box from the windows box and send the files to the linux box using ftp. -any directory will work, make one and call it pub,tmp, or something on the windows box, on the linux box just make a temporary directory somewhere like your ~ directory or /usr/src/PACKAGES/rpm
3. Once the files are placed in the right folder or directory, can I simply run xf86cfg or xf86config, and 4.0.2 will install itself, replacing my current 4.0
no -- follow instructions in the README commands they list DO work to unpack the rpms
This is embarassing; I feel like a first-grader trying to read Noam Chomsky. All guidance greatly appreciated.
don't feel bad ;) i still haven't been able to get the dri modules to compile, i get errors about "agp" stuff, and i don't have an agp video board, sent feedback to suse, but i really don't expect any reply. Good Luck, -don
Mike Flug michael.flug@snet.net
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