ls -al /etc/X11/X If this returns /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 (or /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 which is a symlink) then it is 4.01, otherwise 3.3.6.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 11:15:02AM -0800, Aaron Brashears wrote: > I recently did an apt-get upgrade on my system. Sadly, this completely > broke X. To fix things, I manually installed task-x-window-system-core > since apt-get was holding it back. I configured the system during the > set up script and X still wouldn't start claiming that the > configuration files were wrong. I ran XF86Setup and reconfigured X, > and though it could successfully start the X server, startx would > still fail claiming that the configuration script was wrong. I then > installed xserver-svga and now X starts fine. However, I'm curious if > I'm running X 4 or 3.x. > > dpkg claims: > ii xserver-common 4.0.1-10 files and utilities common to all X servers > ii xserver-common 3.3.6-18 files and utilities common to XFree86 3.x X > ii xserver-svga 3.3.6-18 X server for SVGA graphics cards > ii xserver-vga16 3.3.6-11 X server for VGA graphics cards > ii xserver-xfree8 4.0.1-10 the XFree86 X server > > But I know for a fact that an unpatched XF86_SVGA for 3.3.6 doesn't > work correctly with my video card (s3 savage 4) so I don't think it's > using 3.3.6, but 4 seemed to fail until I installed xserver-svga > 3.3.6-18. How can I tell what's running? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
