Re: RH 9 and Dell Lattitude C600

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Mike Meason wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>  
>
> I’m a newbie…. I installed RH9 on my Dell Latitude C800 with NO problems 
> whatsoever.  However, I’m now trying to install it on a C600 and I can’t 
> seem to get the display settings correct.  I’ve tried choosing the 
> correct monitor and a standard LCD display in the Xsetup you get with 
> the install but no dice.  So, I got an RPM from Dell that is supposed to 
> cure this issue, but when I try to run the install it says that the 
> xconfig file from the rpm conflicts with a file in the Xfree package.. 
> Any ideas what it would be conflicting with??  I’m at my wits end here!

That's not uncommon.  My guess is that the /etc/X11/XF86Config file is
in conflict.  There's two ways to get around it...use rpm's "--force"
or "--nodeps" options to force an overwrite of the files that conflict,
or rename the old file (to preserve it for later use) and do the
install:

	cd /etc/X11
	mv XF86Config XF86Config.preupdate
	rpm -ivh rpmname
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