RPM install file conflict

John Morfit (VA/NQL) john.morfit at ericsson.com
Tue Mar 29 18:57:05 UTC 2005


> John Morfit (VA/NQL) wrote:
> > I'm now trying to install a display adapter driver RPM, 
> unsuccessfully:
> > 
> > rpm -Uvh xgi_v3_rh9_xf430_1.0.2_i386.rpm
> > Preparing....  ######################### [100%]
> >           file /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/trident_drv.o 
> from install 
> > of xgi_v3_rh9-1.0-2 conflicts with file from package 
> xorg-x11-6.8.1-23.EL
> > 
> > What to do?
> 
> Uh the driver you're trying to install is older than the one 
> that RHEL4
> installed and it's not compatible with a 2.6 kernel.  Is 
> there a reason
> you want the older driver?
> 
> > I tried renaming the old trident_drv.o file to 
> old_trident_drv.old, but 
> > I get the same error.
> > I tried rpm -ivh.....   Same error.
> 
> Yes, because you're trying to install an older driver.  Remember that
> Red Hat 9 used a 2.4 kernel and XFree86 for X-Windows.  RHEL4 
> uses a 2.6
> kernel and Xorg's X-Windows.  They are totally different animals.

Ooh! I have an unsupported display adapter that's giving me visual fits (XGI Volari-XP5). I found some web pages that recommended using the Volari V3 RPM for RH9 to get the Volari-XP5 running (neither Dell nor XGI have released any Linux drivers for the Volari-XP5).

Hmmm... Can I somehow edit an Xorg X11 configuration file to direct it to the existing RHEL4 trident_drv.o?

Thanks,
/John




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