On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Stephen Mah wrote: >Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:53:45 -0800 >From: Stephen Mah <steve.mah@oracle.com> >To: psyche-list@redhat.com >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com> >Subject: Re: DELL Optiplex GX260 / 1702FP monitor / Intel i845 video... FIX > >Ken, > >I finally got my Dell GX260 to work with >XFree86-4.2.99.2-0.20021105.0.i386 rpm files from Mike Harris at Redhat. >They can be found here: >ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing/extremely-unstable-development-code/XFree86/4.2.99.2-0.20021110.5/i386/ >There are about 30 rpm files. There is a README file in the ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing directory that I urge everyone to read before even thinking of trying these RPM packages. I specifically request that NOBODY email me asking me questions or asking for ANY help on getting these X RPM's to work on their system. I only say this because I get inundated with email, and I do not have time for helping people with developmental software. >It's experiemental code, that's un-supported. It is stable on my 260, so >I'm not complaining. >I'm getting 1024x768 @ 24bit on my Compaq TFT5005. > >Please read: >ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing/extremely-unstable-development-code/README-XFree86.txt Yes.. Please please please everyone, read this README. >Oh, one more thing, I had to add Xft-2.0-1.rpm because if was >complaining about the libXft.so.2 library. I'm not sure what the deal is >with this. But, it worked after I installed it. It also added a cool 3d >like cursor. No, all you needed to do was run "ldconfig" manually at the commandline. I have no idea why this occurs yet. I'll be fixing it sometime though. Hope this helps. TTYL -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer XFree86 maintainer Red Hat Inc. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
