Re: Newbie, rpm/ xpmac questions.


Subject: Re: Newbie, rpm/ xpmac questions.
From: cdowns (cdowns@skillsoft.com)
Date: Tue Aug 08 2000 - 09:42:56 MDT


Hollis Blanchard wrote:

> duncan.macmillan@excite.com wrote:
> >
> > I'm having trouble getting x to go, I'm not sure if it's the configs or the
> > fact that rpm can't find my Xfree86 files on my computer.
>
> You probably already have X installed, just not configured right. Try
> running 'Xconfigurator' (which does usually take some trial and error I'm
> afraid).
>
> > That is i have
> > downloaded xfree86-xpmac from the YD ftp site is Mac OS, when I go to do
> > 'rpm -Uvh /mnt/ XFr....' in Linux they are not found. (That brings up
> > another question, WHAT is the root folder in Mac OS, is it your HD?)
>
> The root level is the first window you open, probably the one with your
> System Folder in it. I don't know what command you're actually running, but
> you can use the same commands (cd, ls, etc) on a mounted partition that you
> can in your "normal" ones, so poke around if you're lost.
>
> -Hollis

under macintosh ROOT is the hard drive itself as a whole. directory structures
are HD->inbound like: HardDrive: SytemFolder: vmlinuz-2.2.14.tar.gz
the macintosh directory structure is awkward but failry efficient....

chris



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