Re: RH 9 and Dell Lattitude C600

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Mike Meason wrote:
> RH9 on my Dell C600 works beautifully now.. Thanks for the advice!!!

You're quite welcome, sir.

In the future, can you try to bottom-post (put your response AFTER what 
you're responding to)?  It makes following the message thread easier for
others.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com] On Behalf Of Rick Stevens
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 12:35 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: RH 9 and Dell Lattitude C600
>
> 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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