On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 01:54, John Gay wrote: > On Sat 18 May 2002 22:23, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 23:07, John Gay wrote: > > > I've got a GVX1 video card, which is only supported by xfree86>4.2.0 so I > > > had the sources for 4.2.0 on a CD, so a little reading of Makefiles and > > > such I figured out how to make World, back-up the now useless x config > > > stuff and installed 4.2.0 from source. Now I can use my GVX1 card but I'm > > > afraid to dist-upgrade incase apt replaces all my carefully installed and > > > configured 4.2.0 with Brandens 4.1.0 .deb's. > > > > Well, overwriting the installed system with a self-built XFree86 wasn't > > a good idea in the first place. Unofficial 4.2 debs have been posted to > > this list, or if you want to build yourself, that can be done without > > interfering with the packaging system. > > I understand that building and installing XFree86 from source over the > previous system was not ideal, but since it was March, there were no hints of > .deb's, in fact the 4.2.0 sources were rather new. According to the XFree86 > FAQ's installing a new X over an existing X was not only O.K., but should be > rather painless. I realise that Debian does things differently, but X seemed > similar enough.
You can still try 4.2 debs, but if you insist on building yourself, I suggest you keep the Debian X packages installed and use ProjectRoot and friends when building and/or ModulePath in XF86Config-4 when running. As for the XIG stuff, I don't consider anything beyond alien worth the effort, but that's your call. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
