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Upgrading asap.

Thanks.

(Hopefully something would come out of it)
Anita Lewis <ajlewis2@reikilinks.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:13:17 +0930, Nigel Sweetman (NetGamer_au) wrote:
> >I have the following card:
> >S3 Trio3D/2X AGP 8MB (86C368)
> >
> >(I am a novice to the world of linux)
> >
> >I installed RH6.0. X Windows does not work.
> >
> >My video card does not work with it. I got it to work but in an unbelieve
> >low resolution.
> >
> >Has anyone got any ideas regarding how to fix my problem? I have read
that
> >an updated XFree86 would help. Could someone tell me step by step how to
> >update the files. I have all necessary files for version 3.6 but cant
seem
> >to unzip them and or use them. I gunziped them (.tgz) and it left a .tar.
> >Tar wouldnt then work.
> >
> >I really need some help here. I have wasted to mush time here.
> >
>
> To upgrade XFree86 on RedHat, you should use the rpms from www.redhat.com.
I
> did this same upgrade.  Actually it did nothing for my system and may not
> for yours either.  If you have very low resolution, the problem could well
> be your monitor settings.  Check in /etc/X11/XF86Config and look under
> Monitor to see if the horiz and vert syncs are right.  If you have put
> Generic Monitor in, then that is the problem.  There are places to find
> these settings if you need them.  Try doing this and post the results:
> First exit from X.  Then do:
>
> startx &>startxlog
>
> Post what is in startxlog.
>
> Now about upgrading X.  Do this first:
>
> rpm -qa | grep XFree
>
> This will give you a list of what you have.  Then get those packages in
> version 3.3.6 and put them in a fresh directory.  Then go to that
directory
> as root and do
> rpm -Uvh XFree*
>
> This should load them all in the right order so that you don't get
> dependancy errors.
>
> Here are the packages I have.  I never did upgrade the fonts, but I have
> true type fonts in a directory on linux and that seems to work fine.
>
> $ rpm -qa |grep XFree
>
> XFree86-S3V-3.3.6-11
> XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-11
> XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-52
> XFree86-xfs-3.3.6-11
> XFree86-VGA16-3.3.6-11
> XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.3.1-52
> XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.6-11
> XFree86-3.3.6-11
> XFree86-libs-3.3.6-11
>
> You only need one of the servers, the one you use.  I was supposed to use
> SVGA, which is why I got it, but turned out I had to use S3V.  I have S3
> 86C385.
>
> Anita