[lug] getting KRUD up

[Hugh Brown]

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"Kenneth D. Weinert"
> 
> At 08:12 AM 6/18/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >This sounds like a problem with the X driver.  You might try going back to
> >the XFree86 3.3.6 X server for that card -- it should be on KRUD along with
> >XFree86 4.  RH 7 provides both because version 4 is still fairly immature
> >and has a number of issues.
> >
> >Once you've removed the 4.x X server and replaced it with the 3.3.6
> >version, then try running Xconfigurator again.
> 
> OK, now that I'm back from vacation and most of the immediate fires are out 
> I've gotten 1/2 way to getting my home linux box back up.
> 
> Thanks to all the help I've gotten the NIC drivers installed and it 
> connects to the net with out any problem - now to the X difficulties.
> 
> When I did an "rpm --erase XFree" I got a lot of "you can't do that because 
> these things depend on it"
> 
> Do I have to remove all these other things also or just force the XFree86 4 
> erasure and install XFree86 3 (ie, are there version dependencies on the 
> other tools)?
> 
> Hmmm, now that I have networking up I suppose I should worry about getting 
> the iptables stuff working before the X server. With my luck I'd get hacked 
> in the time it takes to get XFree working. Now where did I lay all that 
> firewall stuff at . . .
> 
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