UPGRADE to Xorg-X11, is it safe??

[Bart Kalita]

geneSmith wrote:

> Bart Kalita wrote:
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>> jim tate wrote:
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>>> I'm having problem of updating the Kdebase , chkfontpath packages,
>>> they can't find 'xfs' , needed as a dependency. and I have 
>>> XFree86-xfs installed.
>>> I have missgivings about upgrade to xorg-x11.
>>> In other words I'M SCARED. There you have the truth.
>>>
>>> Jim Tate
>>>
>>>
>> There is a short description of my  xorg install process:
>>
>> [root at nemesis bart]# yum --exclude=xorg* --exclude=anaconda 
>> --exclude=gdm --exclude=kdebase --exclude=kdebase-devel 
>> --exclude=chkfontpath --exclude=XFree86* update
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> It takes a while to compute on a slooow 500Mhz cpu but it finally worked.
>
>>
>> then,
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>> yum install  xorg-x11*
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>> followed by ,
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>> yum  update
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>> after that you should  put  /usr/X11R6/lib  back in  /etc/ld.so.conf
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> Put it back as the first line, ahead of a couple of qt libraries.
> What is the new file /etc/ld.so.conf.newrpm about?

/usr/X11R6/lib is a 3rd line for me, I basicaly put it back where it was 
before an update

regarding  *.newrpm  I do not know, seen a post about that today  thats all.

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>> run  restart -xfs   <-  or sometning to that extend  sorry but I'm 
>> not sure about this part.
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> Someone recommended chkconfig --add xfs
> I also did /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
> Is this what you mean by "run restart -xfs"?
> System locked up when I did the xfs restart. Had to hit reset.


chkconfig --add xfs is what I did , sorry I  didn't remeber  the correct 
command at the time

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>> reboot
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> During startup, see xfs trying to run but fails because shared library 
> file does not exist. When I manually do xfs restart, I see it is 
> complaining about library file(s) that do exist in /usr/X11R6/lib. 
> Does something else need to be set for it to find the file(s)?
>
> Saw that someone recommended clearing /tmp files but have not yet 
> tried that. Not currently physically at the system under test.


I did not  clear any files ,. Simply rebooted and it all worked fine for 
me .

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>> and U should have xorg running.
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>> Worked for me .
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> Not yet for me.
> -gene
>
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