Well, it was a typo on my side. It is -configure indeed, but it still didn't do the trick. A guess only 4.2.0 knows how to build a correct config file. 4.1.0 get confuses and doesn't set it up very well.
The option is either to edit the file manually, or to upgrade Xfree.. Tal. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Daniel Pearson > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 3:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RH72 and Xinarama > > > On Fri, Apr 05, 2002, Amir Tal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the > following: > > whats surprising in all this is the fact that the > --configure option > > works in > > the XFree86 that comes with mandrake, and does not with RH. > > its the same version in both disrto's (4.1.0-3). i thought > that all options > > are suppose to be the same for all distro's (was i wrong?) > > Did you try using "-configure" instead of "--configure"? As > a rule, programs descended from MIT's X11 project always use > a single dash for their long options, rather than the GNU > convention of a single dash for single-letter options and a > double dash for long options. The reason for this practice > is to confuse and frustrate Unix users everywhere. > > -- > { Daniel Jacob Pearson | compare foods > } > { <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | -- jeff covey > } > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
