Package: xfree86-common Version: 4.2.1-6 Each and every time I've upgraded xfree in the last 2 years, my X breaks. I spend 30-40 minutes reworking my XF86Config-.. and puzzling over why it has broken, until my memory dimly recalls that I am using the latest video driver, and this new version of X has probably come equipped with an old driver. I'm puzzled as to why and maybe just plumb unlucky but old drivers always seem to break my system.
Is there some way in which a newer driver can be flagged so that it doesn't get overwritten by an older driver? Debian package mgmt does so much other stuff well that this would seem possible (and should even be the default behaviour?) Tim Burgess
