Re: Indy Setup and Other Stuff

[JF Martinez <jfm2@club-internet.fr>]

> 
> On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, Rag3001@aol.com wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> >          Ok, here goes.
> >
> > I downloaded version 6.0-0.8.
> >
> > I have a Pentium 266 /w MMX.
> > 256MB RAM.
> > VooDoo3 2000 PCI
> 
> As far as I know this card is supported w/XFree86-3.3.4 included in 
> this release.
> 

No it wasn't.  I rememeber patching the X server in 6.0 for Voodoo
support.  It worked with banshees (I had one) but I don't know about
Voodoo 3.


> > Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer
> > 31/2 Floppy
> > 100MB IDE Iomega Zip Drive
> > 4x2x24 Memorex CD-RW
> > 36x BTC CD-ROM
> > 5.1Gig Quantum Hard Drive
> >
> > Indy is installed on a 1819MB partition
> 
> Should be enough room, even w/everything installed.
> 

Full Indy is about 1G


> >
> > I used the locate command on the file and it found it in these
> > locations: /usr/X11R6/bin/libXmu.so.6

/usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 where itr si supposed to be.  Everything
else si wrong and should removed.  What I don't know is how your
installation became screwed like this.  I will try to check the RPM in
the site.

And I have been using Indy RPMS for months given that Indy was the
only distrib supporting Banshees.

> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6
> 
> The above directory is where it should be.
>  
> > /usr/X11R6/share/libXmu.so.6
> > /usr/i386-glibc20-linux/lib/libXmu.so.6
> > /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libXmu.so.6
> >
> > :Note:  The first three are there because I copied them myself while
> > : trying
> >

Remove them.

My only clue about ldconfig crashing is a symbolic link loop. 


> > to get it to work.
> >
> > As for the question on corrupted RPMS:  I have NO clue I cant even
> > get a workable tree.
> >
> > And the install offering to setup X:  It did, but it came up with
> > errors, they were:
> > It said it failed to start X in probing mode and that I should
> > configure my video board my-self .  Also the next probing area, after
> > that, it said there was a problem with my configuration and whether
> > or not I would like to go back.  And I KNOW my configuration was
> > fine, but...
> >
> 

If there is something wrong with the libs then this expalins
everything since X configurator needs X and this neeeeds lib Xmu.

> I don't have any experience w/Voodoo cards, but it should work.
> 
> > I also tried the command you gave me:
> > rpm -ivh -nodeps -force -X*.rpm
> 
> I'm sorry Robert. It should have been:
> rpm -ivh --nodeps --force X*.rpm (notice two "--" dashes)
> 
> I must have been tired when I posted. I get up very early!
> 

That's about time I go to bed.  3am late night.  :-)

> > And it said that the options were invalid, when I tried with no
> > options it gave me a tree looking diagram...
> >
> Those were all the options for rpm.
> 

Classic in Unix.  When you give wrong options it prints them.  When I
don't have aclue about a program I invoke it with --help: either this
is a n option for printing args or it is wrong and the program prints
args.   It works with 99 of 100 progs.

-- 
			Jean Francois Martinez

Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org