XFree86 available via yum

[Jim Cornette]

Mike A. Harris wrote:
> I have made XFree86 available via yum on people.redhat.com.  This 
> is my first time setting up a yum repository, and I've never used 
> the yum client, so I have no idea how successful this is 
> currently.  I've pointed out the repository to many people in IRC 
> for a day and a half and gotten no good nor bad feedback, so I 
> determined that wasn't the best place to look for testers or 
> feedback.
> 
> Please test the repository out, and feel free to provide feedback 
> both good and/or bad about it.
> 
> 	ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing/unstable
> 
> XFree86-4.3.0-39 is there right now for x86, ppc, x86_64, and ia64
> 
> 

I installed the new versions from the repository. I then tried going to 
the system settings >> display. It asked for a password, but did not go 
any further.

Running the script from a gnome-terminal gave me this error. I logged 
out to X to a terminal, then after startx, tried the display command 
mentioned above.

  /usr/bin/redhat-config-xfree86
* ddcprobe returned bogus values:
ID:   HSD1508
Name: ?FZ
P?
HorizSync: None
VertSync:  None

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 406, in ?
     dialog = xConfigDialog.XConfigDialog(hardware_state, xconfig, vc)
   File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xConfigDialog.py", line 327, 
in __init__
     self.setup_ui_resolution(self.state.get_resolution())
   File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xConfigDialog.py", line 50, in 
setup_ui_resolution
     self.res_option_menu.set_history(current)
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'current' referenced before assignment


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Xfree seems to be working normally, other than the display. The loading 
seems to be good and the clarity is human percieved "better ad crisper"


Jim

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