[ale] XF86 4.3.0 on RH8

[Joseph Knapka]

"James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> writes:

Thanks. I tried rpmfind.net, but it didn't give me any results
for "XFree86 4.3.0". I guess I have to search for an exact
package name...

Cheers,

-- Joe Knapka


> 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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