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TNT video card with Linux 5.2 red hat ver

TNT video card with Linux 5.2 red hat ver

Post by Elbert Clar » Wed, 17 Mar 1999 04:00:00



Hi,

Anyone have redhat linux 5.2 and the diamond  viper 550 card  (TNT
based) and successfully upgraded XFree86 to ver 3.3.3.1?

I'm having one hell of a time with this...  due in part to my lack of
knowledge of linux and poor documentation.

Brief details..  I've downloaded the files from the XFree86.org site
and have run their suggested method for updating...

Either the documention is lacking??? or I've screwed up somewhere...

I cant star XFree now.. I get a msg the says "couldn't determine where
you have Xfree86 installed. If you have XFree86 properly installed,
set the XWINHOME environment variable to point to the parent dir of
the XFree86 bin dir.

Well how the hell do you do this and I wonder if this will be the
magic cure?   Not sure if I'll be "playing" around with this OS much
longer if I have to jump through so many hurdles to get my hardware to
work properly.

Anyone upgraded their ver of XFree86 to the 3.3.3.1 ver with this card
and had it work ok...   If so what did you do?  any editing of files
to go along with this?   Better instructions would be appreciated from
one who has not had any experience with unix or linux.

I've started reading one the "thick" books dealing with Linux but so
far the solution has not "appeared"
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TNT video card with Linux 5.2 red hat ver

Post by Phe Mea » Wed, 17 Mar 1999 04:00:00


Quote:>Anyone have redhat linux 5.2 and the diamond  viper 550 card  (TNT
>based) and successfully upgraded XFree86 to ver 3.3.3.1?

>Brief details..  I've downloaded the files from the XFree86.org site
>and have run their suggested method for updating...

Download the RPM binary update from Red Hat's site.

 
 
 
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TNT video card with Linux 5.2 red hat ver

Post by Phe Mea » Thu, 18 Mar 1999 04:00:00



>Hello,

>I'm having also problems with Diamond V550. I downloaded the RPM and tried
>to install it but there are still some files from the previous release
>loaded on the system. Please an anybody tell me how to uninstall ALL of the
>files so i can add the new version of XFree86.

just force the installation.
I believe the syntax is: rpm --force -uvh (name)
 
 
 
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TNT video card with Linux 5.2 red hat ver

Post by Bill Anderso » Thu, 18 Mar 1999 04:00:00




> >Hello,

> >I'm having also problems with Diamond V550. I downloaded the RPM and tried
> >to install it but there are still some files from the previous release
> >loaded on the system. Please an anybody tell me how to uninstall ALL of the
> >files so i can add the new version of XFree86.

> just force the installation.
> I believe the syntax is: rpm --force -uvh (name)

rpm --Uvh --force
      ^
The capitalization is important ;-)
Best method is to dl the required files and do:
rpm -Uvh *
so it checks all of the dependencies with the new files to be installed.
Sometimes the XFree86-3.3.3.1-x.rpm will complain, and then I just force
that one.
Call me paranoid, but I prefer to force only the needed ones :-)

Bill

 
 
 
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TNT video card with Linux 5.2 red hat ver

Post by Elbert Clar » Fri, 19 Mar 1999 04:00:00


Thanks for the advice "group"

Got my card setup finally ..late last night...  If you have a Diamond
viper 550 card go by the diamond site and update your bios...IT helps
with the XF86Setup...it will auto probe the card then.

I got all the rpms and finally figured out how to run them...after
some advice here and in other groups.

What caused some confusion on my part is the fact that some of the
rpms have to be installed before others.  I tried a few and they would
not run.. Finally dawned on me to try some before others and not just
run down the list..

thanks....

On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:08:19 +0000, Bill Anderson




>> >Hello,

>> >I'm having also problems with Diamond V550. I downloaded the RPM and tried
>> >to install it but there are still some files from the previous release
>> >loaded on the system. Please an anybody tell me how to uninstall ALL of the
>> >files so i can add the new version of XFree86.

>> just force the installation.
>> I believe the syntax is: rpm --force -uvh (name)
>rpm --Uvh --force
>      ^
>The capitalization is important ;-)
>Best method is to dl the required files and do:
>rpm -Uvh *
>so it checks all of the dependencies with the new files to be installed.
>Sometimes the XFree86-3.3.3.1-x.rpm will complain, and then I just force
>that one.
>Call me paranoid, but I prefer to force only the needed ones :-)

>Bill

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Do I really need to download and re-install all the XFree86 "rpm" files from
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downloading & installing the specific XFree86....rpm file containing the
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Additional details about my installation are provided below.

I recently installed Red Hat's LINUX Version 5.2 on my work PC (in dual boot
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