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Old 12-09-2006, 12:16 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation installing xfree86 when you have no clue how to do it

hi i really dont know thow to install xfree86.
there are so many installing guides and i dont know how to do it (i dont understand or it is not working from what they said.it is really confusing.

they you say to pu the file in the /usr/X11R6/lib and there is no "lib" there????

and i try installing it in a different directory like /usr/X11R6 it says permission DENIED, three questions

1.where do i download the right one?
2.how do i install it? could u tell me how, no links?
3.how do i get ride of this perission thing?

please help me

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Old 12-09-2006, 12:53 PM   #2 (permalink)
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why do you need to install xfree86?
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for my ati driver i have a x600 but they dont have a x600 so i will try the x700 the one guy sugested it in one of my other threads
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The ATI Linux proprietary drivers supports both XFree86 and X.Org:

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/l...ux-radeon.html

Just choose Custom install and select the appropriate driver components.

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...31.5-inst.html
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Exclamation more problems!!!???

thank you i got it installed,
but here is another problemm,
it says i need firegl for it to work "properly".
i press ok and it has one tab "information"

so u download the firegl and this is what it says:

Missing Dependency: X11-Xserver is needed by package X11-driver-firegl
Missing Dependency: X11-driver-firegl(kernel) is needed by package X11-driver-firegl
Missing Dependency: X11-OpenGL-core >= 1:6.9.0 is needed by package X11-driver-firegl
Missing Dependency: X11-libs >= 1:6.9.0 is needed by package X11-driver-firegl
Missing Dependency: X11-modules < 1:7.0.0 is needed by package X11-driver-firegl
Missing Dependency: X11-modules >= 1:6.9.0 is needed by package X11-driver-firegl
Missing Dependency: X11-libs < 1:7.0.0 is needed by package X11-driver-firegl

is there a yum thing i can do to download these?
or do i have to download them manuely(one by one)
as in yum: yum -y install (the file names)
where can i download these i looked the only good place was http://rpmseek.com/

o ya rpmseek in not working right now too
have any ideas?

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