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With Slackware, I placed XF86_SVGA in the X11R6 directory and, voila,
the card worked.  But with Red Hat 5.1, I don't know where to place
the file, and how to make xf86config find it.  Does anyone have any
ideas?

Thanks again,
Paul
pjs38@columbia.edu

On Mon, 15 Feb 1999 01:45:21 GMT, bklimas <bklimas@magma.ca> wrote:

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>PJS wrote:
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>> Hello everyone,
>>
>
>Hello. Why don't you use one newsgroup to post your questions to?
>
>>
>> I am having three problems getting Linux going.  If anyone could help,
>> I would be very grateful.
>>
>> 1) I have a Viper 550 card.  One good IT Samaritan suggested that I
>> download Xfree86 3.3.3.1, advice which I took.  Since I can't get my
>> video card to work, however, I can't open Netscape and downloaded it
>> into Linux directly.  So, I downloaded Xfree86 3.3.3.1 via Windows
>> onto my DOS partition.  But, obviously, it doesn't do me any good on
>> the DOS partition.  So, I'm wondering if there is any way I can
>> transfer the .rpm file from DOS to Linux via Linux.  Does anyone know?
>>
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>I understand you have a dual boot. Did you try to mount your dos partion
>under linux and then copy the file in question? The simplest would be
>to do it as root:
>mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/dosdrive
>
>This will mount a partion  /dev/hda1 (substitute hda1 with
>your device on which your dos resides). The filesystem is of type vfat
>and
>the mount point is /mnt/dosdrive (this directory must exist and be
>empty).
>You can customize this command to suit your needs.
>
>Mounting is really easy once you get it how it works.
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>You can also use mcopy. Try man mcopy.
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>> 2) How can I configure my modem?  Because my video card isn't
>> configured properly, I can't use X Windows to do it.  Is there any
>> other method of doing so?
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>First, try running minicom to see if your modem works. This is a nice
>text-based terminal for dialing out.
>
>Also, have a look at the command
>netconf
>to setup your ppp. Once it's setup, use
>ifup ppp0
>to startup the interface ppp0
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>> 3) Once I configure my modem, can I download XFree86 via Linux without
>> using X Windows?
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>Seems obvious you can. Once you are connected out, you can use lynx to
>browse
>or straight ftp to download.
>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Paul
>> email: pjs38@columbia.edu
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>Best regards,
>
>b.k.
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