Hi Shyamal,
Thanks again for the help.
Just so much to learn.
On the xfree86-4 install, if you install from scratch, not an update,
then you get the new code. Upgrades don't work that way and leave
version 3 alone but by the documentation makes it sound like you should
get the new one unless you don't want it. From Debian Release Notes.
"This release of Debian GNU/Linux contains the much improved XFree86 4.1
release, which includes support for a greater range of hardware, better
autodetection support, and improved support for advanced technologies
such as Xinerama and 3D acceleration. XFree86 3.3.6 is available as an
option, to support older hardware that is not supported by XFree86 4.1.
"
Slightly offtopic but I was wondering about this package configuration
philosophy in general.
You have the general command for Debian as follows:
dkpg-reconfigure <package>
But it also seems that many of the configuation commands that I assume
are powered by debconf can be called standalone like the following:
apt-config
gdmconfig
kdbconfig
...
Are these only the ones called from the initial install or is there a
naming convention <pkgname>config that is followed by all packages
needing interactive configuration?
Also, slightly off subject, is it possible to supply a file with answers
to the configuration to do a completely automated headless install?
Thanks,
Eric
Eric :-)
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
"Eric" == Eric Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Eric> Shyamal Prasad wrote:
>> Don't do that! Install, and let the installer
>> guide you through it.
Eric> Thank-you. This worked good. I was able to get xfree84-4 to
Eric> work with a voodoo3 card using the xserver-xfree86 server
Eric> and tdfx driver. I looked at the -4 docs earlier and knew
Eric> that was the correct driver. It seems it saved some of my
Eric> other settings as well. It sure can find out a bunch of
Eric> stuff about the card etc. as I didn't need to specify memory
Eric> or anything. Is there another configuration program such as
Eric> xf86config or something I should use to fine tune?
Yes, XFree86 4.x does a pretty good job detecting things for you,
specially with new hardware. I find that the best way to configure
things is to do 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' and let debconf
handle the file for you.
If you want to fine tune beyond that, edit the XFree86-4 file but
respect the comments about where to put your hand written stuff. If
you don't, debconf will write over your changes the next time you
upgrade, restart X and so on!
Eric> What do I need to do to remove the old -3 stuff?
I'm not sure, but I guess 'apt-get remove xserver-common-v3' should do
it.
Eric> I'm wondering why there is no info in the release notes for
Eric> this so when people upgrade to woody they know what to do.
I suppose it's the same reasoning as for the kernel: going to Woody
does not require an upgrade to X. If you want to upgrade X you do it
explicitly.
Cheers!
Shyamal
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