On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 00:01, Bill Triplett wrote: > On Sat, 2002-03-30 at 08:32, Andreas Leitner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I own a AIW Radeon. The card works quite nicely with XFree 4.1, but some > > features (TV Out, TV In, ...) will only work with X 4.2 + some special > > drivers from the Gatos project. For those to try I need to hand compile > > my own X (at least the gatos guys recommend this) and install it over my > > existing X. > > > Now I have downloaded the sources of X 4.2 and did a "make World" on > > them. But I really don't like installing X over my X 4.1 which I > > installed via debs. Is there a chance to install it into some non > > standard dir, just to try it out. > > Hi.. I just did the same thing on a woody box. Here's what I'm doing to > keep 4.2.0 separate from the distro's version: -- good luck > > Copy existing /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11 to something like /usr/X11R6-dkpg > and /etc/X11-dkpg. Just for good measure, I tared and gziped the > originals too. So now there is /usr/X11R6 and an /usr/X11R6-dkpg (which > are the same) and an /etc/X11 and /etc/X11-dpkg (which are also the > same) > > Then, 'make install'-ed the new Xfree 4.2.0, so it basically updates the > /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11 with the new X version. > > Then, renamed /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11 (which are now updated to 4.2.0) > to /usr/X11R6-420 and /etc/X11-420 > > Then made symlink: /etc/X11 -> /etc/X11-420, and /usr/X11R6 -> > /usr/X11R6-420 > > That should do it. The real problem is when apt wants to update the > xfree-packages during a routine apt-get update. I've been reading the > manpage for apt_preferences(5), and there seems to be a way to manually > keep apt from upgrading certain packages. I am not sure that I > understand that process yet, but it is worth checking in to. Right now, > if I see that apt wants to upgrade the x server stuff, I will switch the > symlinks back to /usr/X11R6-dkpg and /etc/X11-dkpg before starting the > upgrade. Ugh.
Hmmm, that doesn't sound much of a good idea to me. Problem is: When you upgrade any X application (not only X itself) it will install things in /usr/X11 and/or /usr/X11R6 (correct me if I am wrong), so once you upgrade anything you need to reinstall your x 4.2, because just renaming the symlinks back would result in a terribly inconsistent system. But, thanks alot for your reply. It's good to know I am not the only one trying. Btw, did you try the gatos X drivers as well? Did they work for you? Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
