>it's the first time I want to install XFree86 on my own, because I want to >find out how things works in X. > >I use SuSE8.1 Linux on a Pentium1 machine. I have the minimal Installation of >SuSE8.1 without X. > >I take the binary version of XFree86 4.3.0. I download the Xinstall.sh to find >out, what version of XFree86 I need for my machine; I execute it on my >machine; the message told me to use the binary version of >Linux-ix86-glibc22. > >I download all the binaries told in the install file (only the necassary 12 >files) from the ftp Server and the Linux-ix86-glibc22 directory. > >Then I want to execute the installation with sh Xinstall , but I was told >that extract don't work proper. So I download the source of extract, compile >it and then run the script sh Xinstall.sh again. Now all the files were >extracted and copied in my fllesystem. But if I want to execute any binary of >the /usr/X11R6/bin directory I am told: i.e. >- bash: xf86config: cannot execute binary file > > >What went wrong ? Don't the binaries work for Pentium1 machines ? Do I have to >download the sources and then compile all sources for my pentium machine ? >Possible wrong kernel settings ? > >Any help is welcome. Thanks a lot in advance!
You nothing do wrong. xf86 4.3.0 compiled under redhat8.0 and are uncompatible with other distro. Recompile all from scratch :) Aivils _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
