[ale] XF86 4.3.0 on RH8

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Thu Apr 24 12:03:09 EDT 2003


http://www.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/rawhide/1.0/i386/RedHat/RPMS/XFree86-4.3.0-3.6.i386.html

On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 08:45, Joseph Knapka wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm trying to get XFree86 4.3.0 installed on my RH8 box (so I can use
> my new pen tablet, drivers for which appear in 4.3.0). I can install
> it using the XF86 installer script, but when I start the new server
> GDM won't come up. I just get an X session with a clock pointer that
> never goes away. Has anyone upgraded XF86 on RH8 successfully? Is
> there an official RH RPM that I should be using instead of the XF86
> installer? I was not able to find such a thing, but since I've almost
> never used RH before, my RPM-locating skills are the pits.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> -- Joe Knapka
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