On 15 Mar 2001, Jason Majors wrote: > I just started using debian (I've been using Redhat for years), and I'm having > trouble with my X-Window system. I installed the 4.0.2 packages from woody, > but noticed that xserver-svga is still 3.3.6 and xserver-common is installed > as > both 4.0.2 and 3.3.6. When I run startx with the 3.3.6 XF86Config in place, > the > server works fine, but when I try it with the 4.0.2 config file in place I get > error messages about the file's format. > How can I get it to run X v4.0.2? > > thanks, > Jason
Have you linked /etc/X11/X to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86? It took me several days to figure this one out; the link wasn't made automatically. 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/ Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. [Laurens van der Post]
