Re: Questions for Redhat 9.0 users
From: Andreas Tretow (andreas.tretow-ng_at_gmx.de)
Date: 01/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:45:35 +0100
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:05:20 -0800, linuxquestion wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm hoping to get some answers from people who bought
> the cheapest version of Redhat 9 and installed it
> from the CDs.
>
> I'm having an awful time with my Redhat Advanced server,
> and thinking I might be able to use the rpms from Redhat 9.
Shouldn't RH support be able to help you?
> 1)
> Did the GUI install cleanly with no problems? Did it
> work with your video card? Or, did you have to
> download drivers and install them? Which brand
> and model of Video card do you use?
Yes, yes, yes, Geforce3
> 2)
> Which kernel is it?
>
> uname -r
>
> 3)
> Which version of XFree86 got installed?
>
> rpm -qa | grep -i XFree
>
> It will be one of: 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3.
2 and 3 can be answered by checking RH's ftp site or some mirror.
> 4)
>
> On the CDs, do you have the source rpms
> (*.src.rpm) for:
>
> XFree86
> kernel
Probably not on retail disks, but you can download them.
> Or, is it strictly the binaries? (*.rpm)
The kernel sources to build and install (not rpm) are on the distro disk
in a package called kernel-source-2.4.[...].rpm.
[snip]
HTH
Andreas
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