> Well, you might take a "package pools" approach - rescue your own control > files to a clas of apps or utilities, remove it entirely, use the > packaging system to reintroduce the pool, and then look at the control > files that come with the "standard" kit and apply only the changes you > need back in.
You are talking well over my head. Sorry. I am happy to wipe the remnants of Progeny out but I have no idea how to get that done. I also am leaning towards standardizing on KDE so I'd have no problem with wiping Gnome. > GRUB/lilo probably not nearly as much a bug as X dying on you. which > flavor of X? I am not sure what is what any more now that I loaded Unstable and 2.4.14. Is there a simple inquiry to discover this? "X -probeonly" only gets me "bash: X: command not found" > Do they have 2.4.16 up yet? Linux Kernel 2.5 pre-patch 2.5.1pre4 > What sort of "doesn't work" does it do, e.g. error messages, etc. Several commands have been suggested to try and activate X from Single and none have worked. As you have noted, trying to test anything in between the flashing display is a recipe for frustration. > Turn off xdm/gdm/kdm so you don't have a GUI login attempt gumming up > the works. And I do that how, please? > You may, however, need to back down to "plain" SVGA support until you resolve > acceleration problems. That will require editing some control files, or > regenerating them. > xf86config is good, it's a text mode app that only asks you all the right > questions, rather than expecting the GUI to work yet. > * Heather Stern * star@ many places... Sitting in the /usr/X11R6/bin directory "ls" shows me xf86config but neither "xf86config -probeonly" or "xf86config" gets me anywhere. I get a "command not found error". I presume this is because I am in Single mode? Thanks! doc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
