xFree86 upgrade from A: drive

[sthompson]

Hi all,

This is my first attempt installing Red Hat so please attempt to be gentle with me. I promise, my ignorance is temporary. UMass courses begin on 1/22, can't wait to get knee deep.

Okay, I'm needing to upgrade xFree86 from the version on RHL 8.0 CD (4.2.0) to 4.2.1. My AMD Athlon XP 2000+ is equiped with the unsupported nVidia nForce2 (220 chipset).

My system has never fully booted up. I'm having to download the xFree86 files to a floppy.

With this in mind, How do I go about installing xinstall and the patches from the root prompt?

Here's what I get when I attempt to start the GUI

$startx

Build OS: Linux 2.4.18-11 smp i686 [ELF]
Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com

Module loader present
OS Kernel Linux version 2.4.18-14
gcc version 3.2.20020903

Fatal server error
No screens found

XI0 Fatal IO error 104 on x server


I promise, I'll someday soon return any and all favors to those who are starting to learn non-microsoft systems...

Thanks,

Steven

[sharth]

That would be a problem with your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

I can't think right now though... :) make sure you have the nvidia module insmoded.