[LUAU] Now what do I do???

[HawaiiBuc]

Steve,
  What I did was copy the required files to /usr/X11R6.  Those files are :

preinst.sh      Pre-installation script
postinst.sh     Post-installation script
extract          XFree86 extraction utility
Xbin.tgz        Clients, run-time libs, and app-defaults files
Xdoc.tgz        Documentation
Xfnts.tgz        75dpi, misc and PEX fonts
Xlib.tgz          Data files required at run-time
Xman.tgz        Manual pages
Xset.tgz          XF86Setup utility
Xjset.tgz         XF86Setup utility (if you prefer the Japanese version)
XVG16.tgz      16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this server)
Xcfg.tgz          sample config files for xinit, xdm

  Then I got a little confused, but here are the next set if directions:

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If you are installing from scratch, create a directory called /usr/X11R6,
then extract the required .tgz files. If you don't have enough space in /usr
for this, create a directory elsewhere and create a symbolic link to it.
E.g., if you create a directory in /home:

	mkdir /home/X11R6
	ln -s /home/X11R6 /usr


The next step is to run the pre-installation script. This script makes some
preliminary checks of your system. For some OSs, it may tell you to install
new versions of some system components before proceeding with the
installation. This script may also remove some outdated files and symbolic
links from a previous installation that could cause problems.

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What confused me was what I read later in the directions, specifically about
"extracting" the *.tgz files.

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The installation utility ``extract'' is used to unpack the .tgz files that
make up the XFree86 distribution. The .tgz files are gzipped tar files.
However, ``tar'' in its standard form on most OSs is not well-suited to the
task of installing XFree86. The extract utility is a modified version of GNU
tar 1.12 built with the options required to make it suitable for installing
XFree86. The source for extract is available from the same place you got the
XFree86 distribution.

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The question I have is whether or not I was supposed to extract the
XVG16.tgz file using their 'extract' file.  I would think I could probably
enter something like:

    extract XVG16.tgz

from /usr/X11R6, but I wasn't sure of whether or not their preinstall script
would have done that.  These directions are found on:

    http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.3/RELNOTES10.html#10

  Thanks again for your patience; I'll try it one more time and see if I can
get it right :)


Bud Jones

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Anderson <andersons001 at hawaii.rr.com>
To: <luau at luau.hi.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [LUAU] Now what do I do???


>When you installed XFree86 3.3.3, did you install the new servers?
>I would install at a minimum the XFree86-VGA16-3.3.3 and the
>XFree86-Mach64-3.3.3. The VGA16 may get XF86Setup going.
>
>Having never configured a Mach64, I am unsure about your RAMDAC setting.
>On my S3V card, I do not choose a RAMDAC setting.
>
>Steve