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[ILUG] xfree86 4.0 - redhat 6.x rpms...

[ILUG] xfree86 4.0 - redhat 6.x rpms...

Justin Mason jm at jmason.org
Fri Feb 9 12:30:08 GMT 2001


"Kenn Humborg" said:

> > ok, anyone know a good source for redhat 6.2 type rpms for xfree86 4.0.1a?
> > i have a box that redhat 7.0 recognises, but 6.2 won't.  (well, the
> > video card isn't being recognised).
> > 
> > since redhat 7.0 uses a higher glibc version, i can't use their rpms.
> 
> Your best bet might be to rpm --rebuild the RH7 SRPM.

It's true, that seems to be the easiest way to do it.  Most RPM-searching
services, or third-party RPMs, are now for 7.0 :(

--j.




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