Re: MetroX-Xfree86

[Stefan Davids <smd maths nott ac uk>]

On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Bryan Coon wrote:

> I wanted to upgrade my xfree86 and metrox to their latest versions.  I
> found a location at redhat.com with a ton of xfree86 rpms, but it
> represents a substantial download on my itty bitty 28.8.  Is there a main
> rpm that I need to install?  It would be great if I could dl and just
> install ONE rpm rather than 20.  Or maybe someone could tell me exactly
> which rpms would be required to upgrade from xfree 3.1.2 to 3.1.7?  With
> metrox, I have the 3.1.2- do I need to install 3.1.5 before i can upgrade
> to 3.1.7?  Is there an RPM for this??  I downloaded the masked file and
> support, but could not get it to unmask properly- it kept saying that the
> metroess-3.1.2... file was not the correct original (I pointed it to the
> one on the cdrom where I did the install from).  Any help would be greatly
> appreciated!  Thanks! 

I imagine you need to get the 3.1.5 version of Metro X that is appropriate
for the distribution you have, unmask that against your CD version. And
then get the 3.1.7 version and unmask that against the 3.1.5 version. 

If you want to ungrade XFree, you only need the fonts, devel and  libs for
XFree86, plus the base XFree86-3.3.1 rpm. BUT be aware that the last of
these requires you to update PAM to the latest version (I think this only 
applies to RedHat 4.1, could be wrong though - it'll tell you when you
try to update) - this can be avery traumatic experience !!

If you do update PAM (I think the version shipped with RedHat 4.2 is OK)
you will also need to update *every* program that appears in
/etc/pam.conf, ie login, telnet, su, ftpd, infact everything that asks for
any sort of verification or password. You can find out which packages
these come from fairly easily (the rpm command). Until these are updated
you will *not* be able to login - so leave a few root shells open !

If you need to update PAM I can provide you with a list of
packages that need updating. 

good luck

stefan