-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Ethan Pierce wrote:
> The deb packages for xfree4 dont seem to be out yet...will it happen > do you guys think? This is becoming a FAQ. Unfortunately, I don't know where the answer is. Somebody will post the URL of the web page discussing this issue. > Im wondering if I should compile from source...I really want to get q3 > running well and have been told 4.01 is wonderfull with the tnt2 card > I have. > > 1) Has anyone had any luck compiling from source? > > 2) What things to check for before installing? e.g. anything special > that I need before starting the process? > > Thanks for your input guys....Im scared to break X if I screw something up. Compiling from source was a breeze. And you won't screw up your own X if you tell X 4.0.1 to install itself to something like /usr/local/X11R6 or something like that. Read the directions included with the distribution and you should be all set. Just make sure you've got plenty of free time to wait while X builds. I think it's the longest build I've ever experienced. As I recall it was something like 90 minutes on my K6-II 450/SCSI/128 MB RAM... noah _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOXXWqYdCcpBjGWoFAQHypwQArmDS253KSpIobBSvpkpg6t63nnXqM7RU aepExFxRDvhdXxlpV5ynP8RH3i24HmPm7KbMHfJeJiwOe8jW1WMMuySP2jenELZF 3f4Xf7advJCEqVf4E8CLTTv3J7wFR44BdTYR9fMKyUuWrWVxTS8bRx2K1Wkdawbe gHUDEL9m1pc= =n8KV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
