"Rafe B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Related question: Does it make any sense to try grafting > X version 4.1 on top of this "potato" version
That's what I do. Some purists will tell you not to, of course. One gotcha with "grafting" stuff on top of debian is that if you do a dist-upgrade, things may break. I try to get around that by running dselect and marking selected packages (in my case, all the X stuff) as "not to be upgraded". My procedure is: exit X, back up the old X (tar zcvpf /root/x3.tgz /etc/X11 /usr/X11R6 /var/X11*), install the new X from xfree86.org binaries, start X. For a long time I had both X3 and X4 installed, and a /bin/sh script that would switch between the two via symlinks. Now I just run X4. You'll want to upgrade your kernel, too. Upgrading from 2.2 to 2.4 requires some extra work (read the /usr/src/linux/README), after that it's straightforward. Or, maybe there's a debian-potato package for 2.4. BTW, I'm running a G450 with X 4.1.0 and linux 2.4.14, no problems. Older 2.4 kernels should work, too. chris
