On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 07:43:49AM -0500, David Cross (dacross at nwc.edu) wrote:
> I've tried installing Mandrake 8.2, Redhat 7.2 and Redhat 7.3 on my Dell Inspiron, but I none of them detect the video correctly. I can get to the system through command line, but I can't run X.
> 
> I've downloaded a nice little rpm package from Dell for running Linux on the this laptop, but each time I try to install it I get the following message:
> 
> file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 from install of Xconfig-atimp3-1600-7-0 conflicts with file from package XFree86-4.1.0-3

Add --replacefiles when you install it.  So,

rpm -ivh --replacefiles [package]

That will replace your XF86Config-4 file.
-- 
Amy Tanner
amy at real-time.com
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