Re: XF86 4.0

["Henti Smith" <hsmith@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there Craig

I have installed X4 on a Mandrake system without much problems. I used the
RPM's for them

I might be mistaken .. but the dependancy warning you are getting is pretty
comon in installing new RPM's, though I don't think it will acually break
any applications unless there are MAJOR differances between the two ( GNU is
pretty good about compatibility )

Upgade the RPM using rpm -U appname.rpm --force to force the upgrade and try
the applications to see if they still work ... if it does you can always go
back to the older version using --force once again

Henti Smith


----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Main" <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <glug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 10:15 PM
Subject: GLUG: XF86 4.0


>
> Hi All.
>
> If anyone has managed to install XF86 4.0 on Redhat 6.2, perhaps they
could let
> me know how they went about it.
>
> I downloaded RPMs from rawhide and tried them last night. They need
ncurses
> 5.0, which replaces 4.0 and breaks a huge number of dependencies.
>
> I am busy downloading the binaries (non RPM) from xfree86.org to try that,
I
> prefer using RPM's but I would like to try everything out.
>
> I am using a Matrox G400 dual head and would like to try the GL
acceleration as
> well as DRI.
>
> Thanks
> Regards
> -craig.
>
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