Can't Login to Fedora

[John Nichel]

Timothy J. Finucane wrote:
> ok, now I'm in rpm hell. I have downloaded the rpms required to
> reinstall X. I start by attempting to install 
> xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.i386.rpm which says it requires libGL.so.1. So I
> then attempt to install xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.i386.rpm which
> contains libGL.so.1. It won't install because it requires libX11.so.6,
> libXet.so.6, and libXxf86vm.so.1. Those three files are in the original
> xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.i386.rpm. Each rpm requires the other.How amI
> supposed to install that?
> 
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> 

remove the currently installed RPM's (if they're newer than the ones you 
wish to install)...

rpm -e --nodeps <rpm_name>

Then you can install the new RPM's....

rpm -ivh <rpm_name>

If that gives you any problems, you can force it...

rpm -ivh --force <rpm_name>

or upgrade the currently installed RPM's (if they're older or the same 
as the ones you wish to install....

rpm -U --nodeps <rpm_name>

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