On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, John Nelson wrote:
>
> Let's say that I'm running 6.2 on one of these chips (well any chip), can
> I successfully upgrade 6.2 to 7.0 using up2date? I've heard a lot of
> horror stories on this mailing list concerning installation of 7.0 so I'm
> reluctant to do it.
>
No, you can not use up2date to upgrade major versions. You will need a
7.0 CD, or a fast network connection and a 7.0 boot disk.
>
> On vaguely related note. I got Xconfigurator to recognize my Asus onboard
> video but it appears to be only 640x480 8 bit video. When I run up2date,
> Netscape Navigator is started and Navigator has a fit dealing with the
> "background color table". Lots of error panels later, Navigator just
> exits.
>
You shoul be able to do better then this. It sounds like you selected
multiple resulations, and you are getting the lowest one. Or you
selected the wrong monitor...
>
> Now this isn't right. Navigator should be capable of handling ANY color
> table, color depth, resolution, etc. Any guidence on getting Netscape to
> work properly with X and up2date?
>
> -- John
>
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