Confused Newbie

[pcorbett]

Please help me from going insane.
I have been trying to get my graphics working with several drivers.

All of these downloads have needed to know what version of glibc I have installed.

One told me to type "xdpyinfo | grep vendor" and it came up with ver. 2.2-9. This didn't solve my probs when I installed it.
I then decided to update my XF86. It told me to type "sh Xinstall.sh -check" but this told me I have ver 6.1.92(6.2).
It also told me I have Linux ver 2.2.16-22 but "X -probeonly" showed ver 2.2.12-20.

Also when I downloaded Linux RH7, I selected i386 ISO. Probeonly showed I had i686 installed and Xinstall showed I had i586 installed.
What is the difference between these?

I am totally confused. Please help me out here. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/frown.gif

[pbharris]

hello,
using a redhat (or mandrake or suse)system type rpm -q glibc this will tell you the glibc version, you probably have glibc2.2

i586 is for pentium, k6 type cpus, and the files have been compiled with optimizations for those files. i686 is for peuntium pro and k7 type cpu (they gots all kinds of neat stuff).

i386 will work with any of them, though possiblely not as fast.

i would be guessing that you are doing more work than you need, setting up X should be pretty easy...



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[ph34r]

Originally posted by pcorbett:
Please help me from going insane.
I have been trying to get my graphics working with several drivers.

No problem. What kind of video card do you have? Most nowadays use the generic svga X server (driver) for 2d display. Also, what distro did you install and do you know what version of X you have?

All of these downloads have needed to know what version of glibc I have installed.

Right. Glibc is the library collection that most programs are linked against. Imagine that they are dlls from Windows - you can't mix Windows NT dlls with Windows 3.11 dlls and expect things to work. Most distributions now use glibc 2.1.something, or maybe 2.2 for Redhat 7. Do " ls -al --color /lib/libc*" at a command prompt - you should see something (in green text) like /lib/libc-2.1.3.so - thats your glibc version, in this case, 2.1.3.


One told me to type "xdpyinfo | grep vendor" and it came up with ver. 2.2-9. This didn't solve my probs when I installed it.
I then decided to update my XF86. It told me to type "sh Xinstall.sh -check" but this told me I have ver 6.1.92(6.2).
It also told me I have Linux ver 2.2.16-22 but "X -probeonly" showed ver 2.2.12-20.

This is trying to determine what version of X you currently have installed - completely different that the version of Linux (distribution) or kernel version number.


Also when I downloaded Linux RH7, I selected i386 ISO. Probeonly showed I had i686 installed and Xinstall showed I had i586 installed.
What is the difference between these?


i386 refers to a set of instructions that have been available on every CPU that is intel/intel compatable (amd, cyrix, etc) since the 386 processor was The Thing to have. A i586 referrs to a classic pentium, and a i686 referrs to a pentium pro/p2/p3/celeron (p4 maybe? dunno. I aint got one) as well as the later AMD chips (k6 series and up I think).


I am totally confused. Please help me out here. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/frown.gif

Not a problem. Check the posts here, check the NHF's, check www.linuxdoc.org, (http://www.linuxdoc.org,) and ask questions. No such thing as a dumb question. When you ask, try to post in the appropriate forum, and be sure to include info such as the distribution you are using, and specific error messages or output (if any).

[pcorbett]

I have a Skywell Magic Voodoo Banshee.
When you say distro - I assume you mean Redhat 7?
Running X 4.0.1
My monitor isn't listed but I'm told it is a generic 17"

I have looked at every site mentioned tried every driver mentioned (assuming I installed them correctly. Is there anything else to do after installing the rpms?)

I have tried every solution posted the last week. I am thinking of reinstalling.

BTW I have a K63 450. Would i386 work OK on this?