Subject: RE: Now XFree86 4.0 is stuck and still not able to install
From: Adam (getafix@rochester.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jul 11 2000 - 15:44:56 MDT
I just tried putting ALL of the rpms on one line and I get it is that
it is missing the rpm Mesa.... It is installed but I can not find
it any where. I still can not install Xfree86 4.0 and I can not get
into x windows now... It is stuck and I have to press
control-command-F2 to log in a terminal.
Adam
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>>On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Adam wrote:
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>>> Actually, it wont even let me install the dependencies. It tells me
>>> that the program needs to be installed first but when I go to install
>>> the program it tells me that it needs the dependencies. It is just
>>> the the chicken and the egg. One will not let me install without the
>>> other which leaves me with nothing.
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>> Generally, if you install an RPM and its dependencies at the
>> same time (ont he same command line), then it is smart enough
>> to realize that you are providing them rather than expecting
>> them to be installed already.
>>
>> - Paul
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> Adam Done Studios,
>Commercial Photography
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Adam Done Studios,
Commercial Photography
and Digital Imaging
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