Reinstal Xserver??
Hi,
I installed a Commercial X Window System made by XIG and it screwed up my display. I tried to uninstall it with rpm, bu tit does not work. How can I reinstall the old Mandrake 9.0 Xserver? Thanks, m_m |
What command did you issue, and what error message did you recieve?
How did you initially install xig? The X package supplied with Mandrake 9.0 is XFree86 4.2. You can obtain XFree86 from www.xfree86.org, or obtain a mandrake package from your installation media. |
I tried
"rpm -e --nodeps Summit_LX-Silver-2.2-9.i386.rpm" and it tells me "error: package Summit_LX-Silver-2.2-9.i386.rpm not installed". Xig installation was weird. I tried "rpm -i --nodeps ..." first and it didnt work. Then I double clicked the package file and some rpm graphic utility started. I do have the the Mandrake CDs but I dont know how or what to use to reinstall just the xfree86 without reintalling the whole distro. Regards, m_m |
look for XFree86 4.2.rpm or simillar on your cd's and install it as you would normally install any rpm
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It doesnt really work. I installed some Xfree86...rpm files, but still Xig starts when I type 'starx'
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try this:
in the file /etc/X11/Xserver or X change the line that says xig to XFree.x.x.x... |
I lost my patience with that xig and I reinstalled everything. Good news is that I didnt lost my /home directory so all my files were still there.
Thanks to everyboby for the input. m_m |
I'm sorry that I neglected to return to this thread. For the benefit of the archive...
Code:
rpm -e --nodeps Summit_LX-Silver-2.2-9.i386.rpm Code:
rpm -qa | grep -i summit Once you've determined the name of the package, use Code:
rpm -e packagename |
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