Dear experts,

I'm trying to upgrade xfree from 4.1, to 4.3. I
read their very long document, and did what it said.


I downloaded the source files and extracted them:

cd /tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0

gzip -d < X430src-1.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-2.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-3.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-4.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-5.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-6.tgz | tar vxf -
gzip -d < X430src-7.tgz | tar vxf -

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- created the host.def file

cd /tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0/xc/config/cf
cp xf86site.def host.def

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- make/compiled it all

cd /tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0/xc

time make World > World.log 2>&1 &

Builds - takes about 25 minutes.
Generates 6-7 meg log file.


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- do some more things

From xc/programs/Xserver, run:
make Makefile
make Makefiles
make includes
make depend
make

pwd
/tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0/xc/programs/Xserver

make Makefile, etc.

...

../../lib/lbxutil/liblbxutil.a randr/librandr.a render/librender.a hw/xnest/libxnest.a Xext/libext.a dbe/libdbe.a record/librecord.a GL/glx/libglx.a GL/mesa/GLcore/libGLcore.a XTrap/libxtrap.a os/libcwrapper.o ../../lib/font/libXfont.a -lfreetype dix/libxpstubs.a -L../../exports/lib -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm
-Wl,-rpath-link,../../exports/lib
+ mv -f Xvfb Xvfb.bak
gcc -o Xvfb -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -ansi -pedantic -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wundef -L../../exports/lib hw/vfb/stubs.o hw/vfb/miinitext.o hw/vfb/dpmsstubs.o dix/libdix.a os/libos.a ../../exports/lib/libXau.a ../../exports/lib/libXdmcp.a hw/vfb/libvfb.a fb/libfb.a mfb/libmfb.a dix/libxpstubs.a mi/libmi.a Xext/libexts.a xkb/libxkb.a Xi/libxinput.a lbx/liblbx.a
../../lib/lbxutil/liblbxutil.a randr/librandr.a render/librender.a mi/libmi.a Xext/libext.a dbe/libdbe.a record/librecord.a GL/glx/libglx.a GL/mesa/GLcore/libGLcore.a XTrap/libxtrap.a os/libcwrapper.o ../../lib/font/libXfont.a -lfreetype dix/libxpstubs.a -lz -lm
-Wl,-rpath-link,../../exports/lib

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I'm expecting to find the 4.3 module for xfree,
but I can't find anything:


rpm -qa | grep -i free

XFree86-libs-4.1.0-29
XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-29
XFree86-xdm-4.1.0-29
XFree86-devel-4.1.0-29
XFree86-compat-modules-3.3.6-43
freetype-2.0.3-7
XFree86-4.1.0-29
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-29
XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-29
XFree86-tools-4.1.0-29
freetype-devel-2.0.3-7
XFree86-doc-4.1.0-29
XFree86-xfs-4.1.0-29
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-29
XFree86-twm-4.1.0-29
XFree86-xf86cfg-4.1.0-29



find / -type f -name *.rpm | grep -i free
- nothing



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When I upgraded the kernel from source, I
got an rpm file, that I then installed.

But I can't find an rpm file for xfree 4.3.


What am I missing here? What is the big picture?
What are the commands?


Thanks

Compiling XFree86 won't result in an RPM package.

I'm looking at the bottom of http://www.xfree86.org/current/BUILD4.html; it says if the compile was successful (that is, there are no errors in World.log) type make install, then make install.man.

You should uninstall your XFree86 RPMs because you'll be overwriting the files the XFree86 RPMs installed with the ones you compiled.

Lyle

if your comileing y did u make a alternate .rmp file just so u can install it? make install s quicker and easyer, and last i checked no modules were needed that you should know of, type startx does everyhitng for you after you configure it

Thanks for responding. So, if I compile XFree86, what will I get?
How do I work with it? Am I supposed to run an executable or
script now?

I tried the suggestions, but still get problems. Any ideas?



make install


...
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0/xc'

real 1m2.842s
user 0m22.100s
sys 0m15.200s

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make install.man

...
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/xfree86/Source4.3.0/xc'
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startx

XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20-18.10.1 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 28 January 2004
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Jan 28 23:05:27 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
Parse error on line 242 of section InputDevice in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
"Device" is not a valid keyword in this section.
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Which is my original problem. Will post the file in another post.

Follow the directions in this post:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...752#post621752

Lyle