Re: Xwindow misconfiguration

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 02:58:57PM -0600, Ralph wrote:
> OK, you are right it is not installed. Now how to mount CD-ROM? I tried;
>     "# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom"
> Why? Because that is what I could find in the "Reference Guide". It is
> close,
> from that I get
>     "block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only"
> next line reads
>     "mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist"
> Where do I go from here?

You need to create the mount point which is a directory:

mkdir /mnt/cdrom

> Oh by the way on the CD it is "rpm -q Xfree86-SVGA-3.3.5-3.i386.rpm". Is
> that
> just a later version?

Yes.

> Thanks Ralph

Cheers,
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