[NTLUG:Discuss] Mandrake X update

[fredjame]

Chuck wrote:

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>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.
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>Thanks.
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>Chuck Graf
>cfgraf.com
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Not only is it not an isolated incident, it is not isolated to 
Mandrake.  Updating individual packages can, and often works, but the 
whole tamale?  No, that has usually spelled trouble of some kind in 
almost any *nix.  Sorry.

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