[ale] xfree86 4.02

[sad at valinux.com]

I would send some mail to the XFree86 folks with more details of what
failed during the compile. I'm sure they would be interested in
hearing about it.

On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 08:22:33AM -0700, ben wrote:
> I suppose the insult of not being able to compile it blinded me. I'll try
> using the binarys. I'd still like to find out how to get around these sorts
> of compile problems, to increase my knoweladge, and for that satisfied
> feeling you get when finally having the thing compile.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <sad at valinux.com>
> To: bpolk78 <bpolk78 at telstra.com>
> Cc: <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] xfree86 4.02
> 
> 
> > On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 04:26:37PM +1000, bpolk78 wrote:
> > > I've just got a new video card, and need to upgrade to xfree86 4.
> > > I've downloaded the source, but run into trouble trying to compile
> > > using the make World command.  it apears to compile OK, it the starts
> > > cleaning, it runs into trouble when trying to clean a directory ./nls
> > > which doesn't exist.  I created the directory, but there is no rule to
> > > make clean in the directory.  I tried altering the makefile so it
> > > wouldn't try to clean this directory, but couldn't find anything
> > > about /nls.
> > >
> > > Am using slackware with kernel 2.4.2, trying to get a geforce2gts video
> > > card working.  Can anyone who has done this give me a hand?
> > > Muchly appreciated
> > > Ben
> >
> > Why not just use the binary packages available from the XFree86 site?
> > Is there some reason they won't work on Slackware (libs too old?)?

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Steven A. DuChene	sad at valinux.com
Racked Solutions Architect & Program Manager
VA Linux Systems	http://www.valinux.com
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