[NTLUG:Discuss] Mandrake X update

[Chuck]

A friend and I both use Mandrake.  He is using 9.2 on both a laptop (Compaq 
model 1260 500mhz) and a desktop (Pentium 1300mhz).  On monday he used the 
Mandrake Update service to update the new install on the laptop.  This 
included several rpm's for XFree86.  The upgrade hung part way through.  He 
was then not able to get X to start at all.  I found that XF86Config-4 was 
gone.  The thing is, when he did an update on the desktop, the same thing 
happened.  In both cases it was easier to migrate the files off the drives 
and reinstall 9.2.

My worry is that my machine needs the same update, and I do not want to hose 
XF86 when I do it.  My question:  has anyone else seen this behavior from the 
XF86 update?  If this is an isolated instance, I will chance the update, and 
try and fix it with urpmi if it breaks XF86.  My box is Mandrake 9.1 on an 
Athlon 1300, Nvidia video card.

Thanks.

Chuck Graf
cfgraf.com