Hello Derek, It's located in your make.conf file and you can specify it there. Well, let me rephrase that, this is where it is at on the FreeBSD side but I would imagine that it would be in the same place since were both using the same server. Hope this helps, Michael :o) On Tuesday 09 July 2002 07:37 pm, Derek Smith wrote: > I have followed the steps you outlined. Here is the "current" problem: it > is still reading from the XF86Config-4 file (which tells me it is still > running version 4, I think), not the XF86Config file which is created by > Xconfigurator. I know I wan to run version 3.3.6, but how do I let the > system know this? > > Regards, > Derek > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Dawson" <rcdawson@worldnet.att.net> > To: "newbie list" <newbie@XFree86.Org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:40 PM > Subject: Re: Re: Re: Virge GX (Derek Smith) > > > rpm -ivh XFree86-S3V* > > > > Then issue this command to reconfigure the settings: > > > > Xconfigurator --expert --preferxf3 --server XF86_S3V > > > > > > The rpm command requires that you have the right CD in the drive. The > > one containing (assuming that it 7.3 contains version 3.6 as well as > > 4.x) the XFree86-S3V* files. > > > > the Xconfigurator command puts with the preferxf3 option puts you in the > > mode of setting up version 3. > > > > Its worth doing just to see if you can do it. Then again, the annoying > > post xwindows garbling of text windows probably makes it worth while to > > get a new card. Of course, you have to find a card that works! > > > > This is a fairly well-known problem, so I wonder if version 4.x will > > ever get fixed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
