🚀 go-pugleaf

I know there's linux mailing list and I'll find out where really quickly by
posting this question here. Maybe someone will nicely give me a couple
answers too :)

I just got done installing Red Hat Linux 4.2. All went fairly smoothly
except for a couple minor problems:

The first being X windows will not sync up with my monitor. It's turned out
to be fixed in an update I found for Red Hat 4.2. The 4.2 version didn't
include the proper drivers for my ATI Rage II video card. Nor did it work
well with a S3 Virge VX PCI video card I happened to have laying around.

In that very same directory I found a newer version of the linux kernel
(2.0.32-1). When I installed it I got a very nasty error message about the
incorrect module loading of version 2.0.30-1 when it tried to mount my SCSI
drive. There were four kernel related files that I found and installed:

kernel-2.0.32-1.i386.rpm
kernel-headers-2.0.32-1.i386.rpm
kernel-modules-2.0.32-1.i386.rpm
kernel-source-2.0.32-1.i386.rpm

I doubt I needed the source, but what the heck. I installed them with
the "rpm -i --replacefiles kernel*32*" command and rebooted. That was the
end of my having fun :(

Hardware:
Sony PCV 100 (200MHz MMX Pentium)
I've got a primary IDE controller disabled.
Secondary IDE with only CD rom drive.
Adaptec 2940 with 4GB SCSI drive

Of course if you try updating your install, it chokes because there's a
newer version on there than the installed version so I have to reinstall to
play again. Is there something simple I'm missing?  I'm not a linux buff,
I've been living with BSD's most of my unix life.

Matt


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