-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/10/08 19:37, Rich Healey wrote: >> Last night while bored and reading this list I saw that many use the >> unstable version of Xorg on testing systems, and so I decided to do this >> as well. > >> Works fine, well in fact, except that if i try to resize a VM in >> VirtualBox it mangles my display, both builtin and external (asus M6a >> laptop) go spastic and keyboard dies, no amount of ctrl + alt (delete or >> backsapce) can elicit a response, and acpi shutdown doesn't work. > >> For now i'm using my vm at low resolution, but is there a way to go back >> to the lenny xorg? i'm thinking about forcing dpkg to remove all the >> xserver-xorg* packages despite deps, and then just using apt to isntall >> the testing ones, then apt-get check? > >> Good idea, bad idea, suicide? > > That's what I'd do... > >> This is my work machine so my usual tolerance for breaking stuff in the >> persuit of knowledge is suspended. > i was asking whether downgrading xorg *was* suicide, not offering it as a solution.
I've downgraded smaller packages (moc) in the manner i'm suggesting before, but never anything as big as X. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH1hCBLeTfO4yBSAcRAlZIAJ4s8efTlVKdv7O4IIfPpKlcwZljigCg3wbj PjhRJS2Zipd/mMuK5PqYPZ8= =8o7l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
