screen flashing to black every several seconds
Claude Jones
claude_jones at levitjames.com
Fri Apr 1 23:46:11 UTC 2005
Jim Cornette wrote:
>
> Download all the xorg related rpms into a local directory and then run
> the command below from within this directory where you placed the rpms.
>
> rpm -Uvh *.rpm --oldpackage
>
> while you are root and preferably you are out of X and in a terminal.
> This should replace the new packages with the older versions. If you
> find that there are additional programs/libraries that also need to be
> rolled back, place these rpms within this directory and repeat the
> command above again.
>
> I would *not* advice rpm -e or yum erase for going back in X versioning.
>
I have spent the better part of this day trying to understand how to do
this without damaging my system. I learned much, but I was still far
from feeling confident about trying something. Thank you for these
instructions...
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Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA
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