>> Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The XF86Config file is not a conffile. Read the XF86Config 4.x manpage, > > and you'll see there is no conflict.
> Well if i install the 3.3.6 X server, it will read its configuration > file from /etc/X11/XF86Config, and the 4.0.1 X server will read his > from the exact same location. And The XF86Config format is _NOT_ the > same for both versions. Thus you run into problems if you want ot > have XF4.0.1 and XF3.3.6 installed in the same time. Please DO read the manpage. There is NO conflict (it will become clear IFF you read the manpage). Last weekend I was testing a rather bad scenario (all sorts of mixing of clients, servers and libraries) and as far as I could see, everything works -- except, of course, stuff using features only found in XFree86 4.0. > Ok, but you will be packaging the X server + the X libraries + all > the standard X apps that come with it (well twm, xterm and such). I > see i need to be much more precise with my postings to you, so > therfor i will name this whole stuff the "X stuff", so there is no > confusion. ROTFL! (It was a joke, wasn't it?) > Now imagine i have the 3.3.6 server installed (which don't know about > the new location of the app-default stuff you spoke about in your > mail) Read chapters 2 and 10 (IIRC) of the documentation shipped with XFree86 4.0. app-defaults are not server side. Marcelo