On 19 Feb 2001, Martin Albert wrote: > > YOU're actually RUNning the OLD 3.3.6 server. > > My driver is xserver-svga 3.3.6X > > (man dpkg ;-) > dpkg -l x\* > > shows each package installed on your machine whose name starts with x. > (the \ before * is an 'escape character' for the shell; says 'don't use > this char with a special meaning you have for it, pass it unchanged'.; > here dpkg shall have arguments -l and x*. info bash or man bash). > > If this gives so much output, that you cannot see the first lines, use > > dpkg -l x\* | grep server > > This passes all output, that dpkg produces through a pipe (told the > shell with | symbol) to grep, which outputs only lines of input that > have 'server' in them. > > You will propably see one: > > XF86-xxx 3.3.6 > > You need: > > xserver-xfree86 4.0.x > [snip]
Thanks, but I'm familiar with the above; what I couldn't do was to persuade the new server to run. However, as I indicated in a post yesterday, thanks to another poster on this list I discovered the problem. As so often happens, it was quite simple; I just needed to make /etc/X11/X point to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86. As soon as I did this it ran 4.0.2 perfectly. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Gnu/Debian Linux (Windows-free zone) For electronic books, skeptical essays, and over 120 book reviews, go to: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/ Those who chase originality ... are more likely to find they have caught insread her ugly sister, eccentricity... [F.L. Lucas] -- Anthony Campbell - running Gnu/Debian Linux (Windows-free zone) For electronic books, skeptical essays, and over 120 book reviews, go to: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/ Those who chase originality ... are more likely to find they have caught insread her ugly sister, eccentricity... [F.L. Lucas]
