On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Jean-Noel Colin wrote: > Hi > > Thanks for your help. Could you please tell me how you > upgraded to XFree 4.0? I only have 3.3 installed and did > not find the debian packages of the new version.
Ah - I use the unstable "sid" version of Debian, not the officially released and stable "Potato" version as you might be using. It is nice if you tell a bit about your system when describing your problem - makes it easier to help without confusing :-) I see 3 ways to go: a) Figure out how to setup Xfree86 3.x using xkb (Should be possible - I had it working on my VAIO, but my TiBook only runs well only with the 2.4.x kernels which in turn requires unstable Debian packages...) Probably you have it setup correctly already. Try running 'setxkb fr' from an xterm from within X... This is from a PC running Xfree86 3.x: Section "Keyboard" Protocol "Standard" XkbRules "xfree86" XkbModel "pc105" XkbLayout "dk" EndSection b) Find unofficial Xfree86 4.x packages compiled for Potato. Either search the Debian list archives , or use http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/apt-sources/ (and beware you get powerpc binaries, not i386 ones) c) Upgrade your system to the (relatively-)soon-to-be-released testing (woody) or bleeding-edge unstable (sid) release. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and replace "stable" with either "testing" or "unstable" and run 'apt-get update' and apt-get 'dist-upgrade'. Good luck! - Jonas P.S. Please use the mailinglist, also when replying (unless it is indeed a private message or in other ways "noise") so others may draw from our conversation as well :-) -- Jonas Smedegaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.jones.dk/~jonas/ IT-guide dr. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dr.jones.dk/ +45 40843136 Debian GNU/Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.debian.org/ GnuPG(1024D/C02440B8): 9A98 C6EB C098 9ED0 3085 ECA9 9FB0 DB32 C024 40B8
