On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 11:10, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 10:43, Craig Dickson wrote: > > begin Jeffrey W. Baker quotation: > > > > > Since my setup was working perfectly well before, I would like to simply > > > return to 4.1.0-14. This appears to not be possible, because apt-get > > > says that version 4.1.0-14 of xserver-xfree86 is not available. > > > > And you empty /var/cache/apt/archives immediately after every upgrade? > > Not a good idea. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, look in that > > directory and see if the required packages are there.) > > Well, I use apt-get clean on occasion. The -14 release of XFree86 was > several months ago. Would be nice if there was apt-get > clean-except-last-version i supposed. > > > Anyway, I think everything you need is in my not-quite-latest-packages > > archive: > > > > http://crdic.ath.cx/debian/ > > > > This site is not on a terribly zippy connection, so expect a download of > > all the X packages to take a while. > > > > For what it's worth, the -15 X packages are working fine for me. > > I'm going to install 4.2.0 and see what happens.
I did in fact move to 4.2.0 and now my display works again. The binaries are not quite the right fit for a Debian system: all my ALT bindings changed to META, I had to edit XftConfig, and my xterms are no longer in color. However, it is better to have a display than to not have one. -jwb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
