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List:       taroon-list
Subject:    RE: X server problem after up2date
From:       "Thom DeCarlo" <t.r.decarlo () LARC ! NASA ! GOV>
Date:       2005-05-27 21:39:04
Message-ID: 03e401c56304$80d15a70$959877c6 () cts1149
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It looks like there is definitely a conflict with the new versions of the
glib and gtk libraries that are required for gimp 2.2.7. 

Now I really need to figure out how to force a re-install of the old
libraries. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Thom
--
Thom DeCarlo
---------------------------------------------------------
      Given sufficient time and money, all things are possible.
  In lieu of time and money, caffeine and aspirin may also work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Peņa Escobio
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:59 PM
> To: Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Taroon)
> Subject: RE: X server problem after up2date
> 
> from the first e-mail you send, the server complains
> about "looks you already have the X running"
> 
> did you check the X lock file?
> (/tmp/.X0.lock, maybe /tmp/.X11.unix)
> 
> what the server say if you move to runlevel 3 and
> then, in the command line, just run startx ?
> 
> cu
> roger
> 
> --- Thom DeCarlo wrote:
> 
> > Hi Kathy,
> > I do have the latest nvidia version.
> >
> > No I'm wondering if the problems are coming from my
> > attempt to replace the
> > old version of gimp that redhat provides with the
> > latest compiled from
> > source on my computer.
> >
> > Anyone know how to force up2date to re-install (or
> > remove and then install)
> > packages and dependencies?
> >
> > --
> > Thom DeCarlo
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------
> >      I work until beer o'clock
> >                                 - Steven King
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kathy Bieltz
> > > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:27 PM
> > > To: Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
> > (Taroon)
> > > Subject: Re: X server problem after up2date
> > >
> > > Thom,
> > >
> > > I just upgraded to the kernel(2.4.0.21-32....)
> > also, but I downloaded
> > > the newest NVIDIA driver from their website and
> > ran that to build
> > > the new driver without any problems.
> > >
> > > Try getting the newest NVIDIA driver.
> > >
> > > Kathy Bieltz
> > >
> > > Thom DeCarlo wrote:
> > >
> > > >I've really mucked things up this time...
> > > >
> > > >I just ran up2date and it loaded a new version of
> > the kernel
> > > >(2.4.0.21-32....) and the accompanying kernel
> > source and utilities.
> > > >
> > > >I then noticed that openGL applications were not
> > using the hardware
> > > >acceleration. So, I reran the NVIDIA driver
> > installer (version 7174).
> > > >
> > > >Now when I boot I get the message "There already
> > appears to be an X
> > > server
> > > >running on display :0. Should I attempt to try
> > another display number?"
> > > >
> > > >Uninstalling the NVIDIA drivers doesn't make it
> > any happier. Can anyone
> > > tell
> > > >me how to recover from here?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >Thom
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >Thom DeCarlo
> > > >---------------------------------
> > > >Where are we going and why am I in this
> > handbasket?



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