How do I update Xfree86?

enigma Z · 09-10-2003, 06:22 PM

Hey, how do I download and install an updated version of Xfree86?

I went to their homepage and went to DL it, but it is a VERY confusing FTP page.

Can anyone help me??

MasterC · 09-10-2003, 07:06 PM

If you are going to go from source instead of a package offered by your distro, you'll surely want to read up on the information available on their site. If you do, it's not so confusing:
http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/Install.html

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enigma Z · 09-10-2003, 10:21 PM

OK, so then how do i exit my X session??

MasterC · 09-11-2003, 12:01 AM

Become familiar with the dark if you aren't (that's the command line

) and then:
CTRL ALT F2
Login as root, and type:
telinit 3

There ya go, X session, exited.

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enigma Z · 09-11-2003, 08:18 AM

thanks!!

MasterC · 09-11-2003, 08:36 AM

You're welcome

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enigma Z · 09-11-2003, 09:48 AM

OK, When I installed it (through the "dark") I got an unexpected EOF error when it was installing Xmod.tgz. Now, when I reboot it shows the Mandrake loading screen, but when it goes to Log On using Xfree86, the screen flashes three or four times, the I get the text based logon. Did I do something wrong??

edit:
I'm going to re-download the two Xmod.* files, and reinstall, but i've got a funny feeling that that won't work

enigma Z · 09-11-2003, 04:50 PM

Now what did I do? I installed Xfree Properly, but I had to re-install linux. Now, when I try to re-install the updated version of Xfree, it doesn't. That is, It goes through it's install sequence, but when i go to install my GFX card drivers, it says I have the old version.

MasterC · 09-11-2003, 07:13 PM

You may have to update your PATH variable, depending on where you installed and such.

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enigma Z · 09-11-2003, 07:18 PM

Uhhh, I installed it to wherever Xinstall.sh installs it. It worked the first time I did it, just not any of the other times. I think that I didn't have the kernel source installed the first time, if that helps.

Also, during the install, it keeps saying that it can't find "gnu-tar" -- that there is no such file or directory. I'm not sure if it said that the first time or not