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by **hugh** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 20:08:51

After reading all about the improvement from Xfree86-4.0.2
over -4.0.1, I tried to install -4.0.2. Unfortunately, the rpm from
ftp://ftp.suse.com/.../update/... cannot
be installed without "--nodeps" because it complained
about a missing *.so file. I don't rememeber exactly. It is
something like "*_pam.so." something. Then, I tried to
start X by typing "startx". It did not start. It gave an error
message saying
"xwrapper is missing.".

Definitely, SuSE did not complete everyone's homework
yet. I was forced to switch everything back to -4.0.1.

Can anyone comment on this?

Thanks a lot.

Hugh

by **hugh** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 20:29:24

Quote:> After reading all about the improvement from Xfree86-4.0.2
> over -4.0.1, I tried to install -4.0.2. Unfortunately, the rpm from
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/.../update/... cannot
> be installed without "--nodeps" because it complained
> about a missing *.so file. I don't rememeber exactly. It is
> something like "*_pam.so." something.

That was pam_devperm.so. What RPM package gives this?

Quote:>Then, I tried to
> start X by typing "startx". It did not start. It gave an error
> message saying
> "xwrapper is missing.".

> Definitely, SuSE did not complete everyone's homework
> yet. I was forced to switch everything back to -4.0.1.

> Can anyone comment on this?

> Thanks a lot.

> Hugh

by **Jef Peerae** » Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:51:05

> > After reading all about the improvement from Xfree86-4.0.2
> > over -4.0.1, I tried to install -4.0.2. Unfortunately, the rpm from
> > ftp://ftp.suse.com/.../update/... cannot
> > be installed without "--nodeps" because it complained
> > about a missing *.so file. I don't rememeber exactly. It is
> > something like "*_pam.so." something.

> That was pam_devperm.so. What RPM package gives this?

> >Then, I tried to
> > start X by typing "startx". It did not start. It gave an error
> > message saying
> > "xwrapper is missing.".

> > Definitely, SuSE did not complete everyone's homework
> > yet. I was forced to switch everything back to -4.0.1.

> > Can anyone comment on this?

> > Thanks a lot.

> > Hugh

According to the SuSE readme for installation, you need to provide the
--nodeps and --force flags for this package.
However, the next step is configuring XFree, and this doesn't seem to
work with this package. I 've got an 'Illegal instruction' after a while
( when using xf86cfg ).

Jef

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by **Thomas Bar** » Thu, 11 Jan 2001 07:08:05

I start X with kdm as login manager, and it always complains about
missing devperm_pam.so,
but I just ignore it. The rest works now (with 2.2.18, both with nvidia
or nv driver).

> > > After reading all about the improvement from Xfree86-4.0.2
> > > over -4.0.1, I tried to install -4.0.2. Unfortunately, the rpm from
> > > ftp://ftp.suse.com/.../update/... cannot
> > > be installed without "--nodeps" because it complained
> > > about a missing *.so file. I don't rememeber exactly. It is
> > > something like "*_pam.so." something.

> > That was pam_devperm.so. What RPM package gives this?

> > >Then, I tried to
> > > start X by typing "startx". It did not start. It gave an error
> > > message saying
> > > "xwrapper is missing.".

> > > Definitely, SuSE did not complete everyone's homework
> > > yet. I was forced to switch everything back to -4.0.1.

> > > Can anyone comment on this?

> > > Thanks a lot.

> > > Hugh

> According to the SuSE readme for installation, you need to provide the
> --nodeps and --force flags for this package.
> However, the next step is configuring XFree, and this doesn't seem to
> work with this package. I 've got an 'Illegal instruction' after a while
> ( when using xf86cfg ).

> Jef

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> +32 3 7806582 _\_v
> -----------------------------------------------
> Don't throw your PC out of the window, throw
> Windows out of your PC and run Linux!
> -- Gernot Kerschbaumer.

by **paul_c_leopa..** » Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:47:43

I have also installed Xfree86-4.0.2 from
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/X/XFree86/XFree86-4.0.2-SuSE/
- twice so far. The first time was x*-0 (ca. 4/1/2001) and the second
(this morning) was x*-2 (ca. 14/1/2001)
SuSE has already updated these files twice, in 10 days, including the
README, which now has extra known errors listed, in comparison to x*-0
I suggest that you try the current version and send an email message to

In the meantime, I'll take a good look at what I've installed. For x*-0
I also noticed the dependence on pam_devp*, but I haven't checked x*-0

I suspect that this is a security feature peculiar to SuSE, which is
planned for 7.1+ but not yet implemented. The reason I say this is that
I have had similar problems with passwordfd.so, which is peculiar to
the SuSE 6.4+ version of ppp.

Quote:> According to the SuSE readme for installation, you need to provide the
> --nodeps and --force flags for this package.
> However, the next step is configuring XFree, and this doesn't seem to
> work with this package. I 've got an 'Illegal instruction' after a
while
> ( when using xf86cfg ).

> Jef

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