UPGRADE to Xorg-X11, is it safe??

[geneSmith]

Bart Kalita wrote:

> jim tate wrote:
> 
>> I'm having problem of updating the Kdebase , chkfontpath packages,
>> they can't find 'xfs' , needed as a dependency. and I have XFree86-xfs 
>> installed.
>> I have missgivings about upgrade to xorg-x11.
>> In other words I'M SCARED. There you have the truth.
>>
>> Jim Tate
>>
>>
> There is a short description of my  xorg install process:
> 
> [root at nemesis bart]# yum --exclude=xorg* --exclude=anaconda 
> --exclude=gdm --exclude=kdebase --exclude=kdebase-devel 
> --exclude=chkfontpath --exclude=XFree86* update

It takes a while to compute on a slooow 500Mhz cpu but it finally worked.

> 
> then,
> 
> yum install  xorg-x11*
> 
> followed by ,
> 
> yum  update
> 
> after that you should  put  /usr/X11R6/lib  back in  /etc/ld.so.conf

Put it back as the first line, ahead of a couple of qt libraries.
What is the new file /etc/ld.so.conf.newrpm about?

> 
> run  restart -xfs   <-  or sometning to that extend  sorry but I'm not 
> sure about this part.

Someone recommended chkconfig --add xfs
I also did /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
Is this what you mean by "run restart -xfs"?
System locked up when I did the xfs restart. Had to hit reset.

> 
> reboot

During startup, see xfs trying to run but fails because shared library 
file does not exist. When I manually do xfs restart, I see it is 
complaining about library file(s) that do exist in /usr/X11R6/lib. Does 
something else need to be set for it to find the file(s)?

Saw that someone recommended clearing /tmp files but have not yet tried 
that. Not currently physically at the system under test.

> 
> and U should have xorg running.
> 
> Worked for me .
> 
Not yet for me.
-gene