On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Danny Holten wrote: >I'm new to Linux and I'm currently running Red Hat 8.0 3.2-7 (kernel >2.4.18-14smp) in combination with a version of KDE that is unknown to me >(I don't know how to check my KDE version yet :-S). I'm running XFree86 >4.2.1 and wantto upgrade it to 4.3.0 since this version supports the >usage of the randr extension through xrandr (it seems that randr support >will also be available in KDE 3.2 in the form of krandr, but that's >probably not important at this point). Anyway, I do not have root access >rights and I was wondering if it is still possible to update XFree and >if so, how do I proceed? Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in >advance. My XFree86 4.3.0 src.rpm is rebuildable on RHL 8.0, but requires a few dependancies to be upgraded first. If you review the xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx list archives, I posted how to do this in the past. Essentially, you edit the spec file, twiddle the build_xxxx macros, modify Release: field to indicate it is an 8.0 custom build, ie: by adding ".80.custom.0" to the end of the existing Release: field. Then rebuild, and you'll get dependancy failures. Rebuild each dependancy from RHL 9 or FC1 src.rpms, and install each dep. Eventually you'll get all of the 3-5 deps figured out, and can build the XFree86 rpm for RHL 8.0. Others on xfree86-list have followed this and gotten it working as well, so there are many there who can offer advice if you need a hand. Hope this helps. -- Mike A. Harris _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
