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Re: /tmp/xerrors



Hi

Jonathan Alexander Daniel wrote:
[snip]
> 
> 2) Oded Arbel suggested using XF86Setup to modify the XF86Config file. 
> (BTW, Oded: I used "find / -name "<filename>" -print with "-print" because
> the first place that I learned about that command used that switch and I
> figured I needed to use that when I did that command.  Now that you asked
> me about it I saw that I didn't need to use it.  Thanks.  Also, in answer
> to your question, my version of XFree86 is 3.3.3.1-49
> 
> I found the XF86Setup rpm on my CD-ROM and installed it.  I also downloaded
> XVG16.tgz.  In fact, I downloaded two copies from ftp.xfree86.org.  One was
> in the directory
> ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/Linux-ix86-libc5/Servers and
> the other was in the directory
> ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc/Servers. 
> They are of different sizes.  Which one should I install, and where should
> I install it?

glibc is preferable, especially if you run a glibc-ed distribution (like
RedHat 6, Debian 2.1...). However, any of them should work, if you have
the respective libc library (just ls -l /lib and see).
You can put it manually in /usr/X11R6/bin, but you'd better get a package
of your distribution (e.g. an RPM file from redhat) and install it.

> 
> I tried running XF86Setup without installing this and got the following
> message:
> 
> "Not all of the X Keyboard extension programs and configuration files are
> installed.  The file 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled/README is missing."
> 
> What can I do to fix this?  Is it just a simple matter of installing that
> XVG16.tgz?

i don't think so. Anybody?
I know I had problems with XKB, I don't remember how I solved them. I
think I had to manually create some directories in /var or something.

> 
> 3) While we are at it, I thought I might ask about an old problem.  I can
> use Shift-PageUp to scroll up.  But once I go into either KDE or Gnome and
> exit back to the command prompt, I can't use this to scroll up beyond the
> point where I exited from KDE or Gnome.  Any thoughts on this?

You can't scroll back even if you move between text-mode virtual
consoles. If you really need such functionality, you try to use
screen, available from your distribution CD (or site), or from your
favourite GNU archive. I used it a lot in the past, and it works fine.

> 
> Thanks to everyone for all your help and thanks in advance for these
> things,
> Jonathan Daniel
> jalexd@escape.com
> 
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bye,
	didi

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