Andrew, it turns out both the missing Cards file *and* the ``bigger things afoot'' -- are true; Cards was removed because xf86cfg is still .. a work in progress. Much remains to be done, to prevent it from seg faulting, etc.
The changelog mentions it is gone temporarily, I believe, though I haven't a clue when it will be stable enough to be returned. :-/ HTH * Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001206 16:00]: > ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Shugg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > From: Andrew Shugg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: xf86cfg in 4.0.1-8? > Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:30:18 +0800 > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i > X-URL: http://www.neep.com.au/ > > Hi Branden, > > I note in the changelog.Debian.gz for the X stuff that a while back the > 'xf86config' program was temporarily dropped. > > I currently have version 4.0.1-8 of the X packages installed. The > xf86cfg program from the xbase-clients package bombs out because the > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Cards file is missing. Apparently sometime in the > past this file was provided by the xserver-common package, but the > current version doesn't have it. > > In the meantime I've used dexter to set up a basic XF86Config-4 file, > but it'd be nice to tune it a bit with xf86cfg. Is this just a problem > of the Cards file having gone missing or are there bigger things afoot? > > Cheers, > > Andrew. > > -- > Andrew Shugg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.neep.com.au/ > > "Just remember, Mr Fawlty, there's always someone worse off than yourself." > "Is there? Well I'd like to meet him. I could do with a good laugh." > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | It was a typical net.exercise -- a > Debian GNU/Linux | screaming mob pounding on a greasy spot > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on the pavement, where used to lie the > http://deadbeast.net/~branden/ | carcass of a dead horse. -- ``Oh Lord; Ooh you are so big; So absolutely huge; Gosh we're all really impressed down here, I can tell you.''
