About to blow away X, what do I need to backup?

[Tim Wunder]

Yeah, I was confused too when I re-read my post. All I can say is, it was late ;-)

Originally, I attempted to compile 4.2.1, the source of which is 4.2.0 patched with the patch file provided by xfree86.org. When I ran into the compile problem with 'make install', I tried to install the 4.2.0 binaries, which seemed to work, except that my XF86Config-4 file, which worked fine in 4.1.0, didn't work with 4.2.0. I attempted to run cf86config to get a working X, but my attempts failed. It was late, and rather than continuing to screw with it 'til the wee hours, I punted, installing 4.1.0 from eW3.1.1 rpms. Which works. I now have essentially the same setup I had prior to attempting the 4.2.1 compile.

See my other post today for the gory details of how compiling 4.2.1 failed.

Thanks, 
Tim


On 9/13/2002 9:49 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote:
> Tim, i'm very confused on what you're trying to install here, and how you
> got it.  According to the xfree86.org site, 4.2.1 is a minor revision of
> the full 4.2.0 release, which must be installed first.  Additionally,
> there are no source tarballs for patch releases.
> 
> So, what did you compile from source, and what are you trying to install?
> 
> What I woudl recommend, is to build 4.2.0 from source, and install that.
> Test it out first to ensure that it works ok.  If you can't get it to
> work, then don't even bother with 4.2.1, cause it ain't gonna make things
> any better.
> 
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Tim Wunder wrote:
> 
>>Well, it's horked nontheless. And I apparently needed to backup other
>>directories besides /etx/X11 and /usr/X11R6 (/usr/lib, maybe?)
>>I re-installed X from the eW3.1.1 CD I have laying around, so I have 4.1.0
>>back. For some screwy reason (that I don't feel like troubleshooting at this
>>hour -- 11:30 PM EDT), when I tried to install 4.2.0 from binaries, my
>>XF86Config-4 file wouldn't work.
>>
>>The error I get when attempting to install my compiled version of 4.2.1 is:
>>make[3]: Entering directory
>>`/data/Source_files/xfree86/4.2.0/xc/programs/xcmsdb'
>>rm -f xcmsdb
>>gcc -o xcmsdb -O2 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -ansi -pedantic -Wall
>>-L../../exports/lib xcmsdb.o loadData.o -lX11
>>-Wl,-rpath-link,../../exports/lib
>>/lib/libdl.so.2: undefined reference to `atexit'
>>make[3]: *** [xcmsdb] Error 1
>>make[3]: Leaving directory
>>`/data/Source_files/xfree86/4.2.0/xc/programs/xcmsdb'
>>make[2]: *** [install] Error 2
>>make[2]: Leaving directory `/data/Source_files/xfree86/4.2.0/xc/programs'
>>make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
>>make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/Source_files/xfree86/4.2.0/xc'
>>make: *** [install] Error 2
>>
>>>From what I found browsing the net with lynx, this can only be corrected by a
>>re-install of glibc from source. Not a task I'm willing to attempt tonight.
>>I'll do some more investigating on this atexit error. I've gotten it when
>>compiling parts of kde from cvs and know how to fix it there (add '-u atexit'
>>to a line in the configure script), but am clueless how to fix/work around it
>>with X.
>>
>>I'd like to hear from any COL users who know fixes to this atexit error.
>>I'm currently using:
>># rpm -qa|grep glibc
>>glibc-devel-static-2.2.4-22
>>glibc-2.2.4-22
>>glibc-devel-2.2.4-22
>>glibc-localedata-2.2.4-22
>>
>>Regards,
>>Tim
>>
>>On Thursday 12 September 2002 10:13 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>>>I've done 4 builds of XFree86-4.x and the results have always been good.
>>>  Worst case was that i had to run xf86config to generate a better
>>>XF86Config file, but other than that it was quite painless.
>>>
>>>Tim Wunder wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well, that *is* an option. I've got a spare partition that I'm planning
>>>>(someday) to use to install a distro to replace the eW3.1 I'm currently
>>>>running. (Although, as much as I've updated this thing, I guess I really
>>>>can't call it eW3.1 anymore -- maybe I'll call it eW-TW3.1+. ) But, for
>>>>now, backup and go was the path of least resistance.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Tim
>>>>
>>>>(Woo-Hoo - X finally finished compiling -- time to really f'up my system
>>>>:-))
>>>>
>>>>On Thursday 12 September 2002 09:35 pm, m.w.chang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>that's why I experiement it on another harddisk first.
>>>>>I always wonder those distributors of linux would ever welcome customesr
>>>>>to escape her control ... some parents just don't want kids to grow up,
>>>>>like well, Mr. Love.
>>>>>
>>>>>Tim Wunder wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>That's fine, but I'm not the only user of this system, and if I hork X,
>>>>>>I need to recover quickly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I didn't bother to backup. I chose to start from ground zero. :)
>>
>>
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