On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 23:02, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On 12 Jun 2003, Bill Baker wrote: > > >> You clearly state that you've upgraded to Red Hat [Linux] 9 here. > >> There are no significant differences between XFree86 4.3.0-2 and > >> 4.3.0-3 except a few minor driver bug fixes and other trivial > >> stuff. I also have a Red Hat Linux 8.0 machine here with XFree86 > >> 4.3.0 installed on it: > > > >Allow me to quote you what I also said later on in the same message: > > > >> I have a custom build of XFree86 (4.3.0-3) installed that I built > >> from the source RPM under Red Hat 8.0 > > > >While upgrading to RH9, the XFree86 packages were not upgraded, since it > >saw 4.3.0-3 as being newer than 4.3.0-2. > > Of course. 4.3.0-3 *IS* newer than 4.3.0-2. Of course. > >> You've said you were using RHL 9 in your original mail, and the C > >> compiler you said you used, is the one from RHL 9 as well. Now > >> you say you're using RHL 8.0, which only confuses things. Have > >> you also manually rebuild the gcc rpms from RHL 9 and installed > >> them on RHL 8.0? > > > >No, what I meant was that the XFree86 packages had been built and > >installed on my system while I was running RH8. I have since upgraded > >to RH9. > > Ok, so you're using an unofficial and unsupported custom build of > XFree86. We've established that now. Yes I was, until yesterday, when I installed the XFree86 binaries from the RH9 CD-ROM. > >> I'm not sure what exactly you're running, but I'm sure that the > >> problem isn't something caused by Red Hat Linux provided > >> packages. ;o) > > > >I never said it was. I did wonder if that might be the case, though, > >since glibc 2.3 and wine don't play very well together, unless you build > >wine from CVS. I always try to leave all possibilities open. > > Use LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 for wine until the wine project fixes > wine. I was doing that until I found out the wine project issued RPMs for RH9. > >> Again, my suggestion is to back up your data, install Red Hat > >> Linux 9, don't modify anything or install homebrew packages, and > >> try to compile the program. It will work, trust me. ;o) And I > >> mean you no disrespect. I'm just trying to show you that it does > >> really work. > > > >I figured there could be something wrong with my setup. I went ahead > >and installed XFree86 4.3.0-2, and tried compiling my program again. It > >now works, and next I'll try compile other packages as well. > > Sounds like a confirmation of broken unofficial custom built > packages causing system problems, as suspected. Apparently so. > I tried to point > that out as a cause, but you've only taken offense. I told you what part I took offense at, and that wasn't it. > Nonetheless, > I'm glad I was able to help you solve the problem, and hope it > works well for you. Thank you for your help. Another person suggested rebuilding the XFree86 RPMs under RH9, which I may try. --Bill _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
