xorg-x11 update may have broken my system

[Jim Cornette]

Alex Janssen wrote:

> Jim Cornette said the following on 9/19/2005 7:10 AM:
>
>> It looks to me by your results that the older package is intact and 
>> that rpm thinks that the only difference during verification is the 
>> particular LibGLU.so.1.3 version.
>> In other words, The new package is not actually present on the 
>> system, the older package is installed on the system. Both versions 
>> are in the rpm database though. To make upgrading your system easier  
>> whenever X is fixed and a new release comes out, removing the db 
>> entry  for the newer version might be needed.
>>
>> Interesting information about the script breakage. This is surely a 
>> problem.
>>
> This surely is a problem.  For me too.  Anyone figured out how a newby 
> no-nothing could repair this?  I've been trying to figure this out 
> since Saturday.  Do you think X.org will re-issue the update so it 
> will fix itself if I just do "yum -update xorg-x11*"? Or is it going 
> to be more complicated?

This would be an ideal solution. Changing your video driver from i810 to 
vesa and living with the  lesser graphics quality is probably best for 
right now, since security is at risk with backdating.

>
> Alex
>
Just to post on the security announcement on the xorg list, a link is 
below.
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-September/010082.html

For my gripes to the xorg list, see the link below.

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2005-September/010091.html

Jim

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