Re: xlib6g vs dselect
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 10:09:12AM +0100 , Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I upgraded to XFree86 4 via apt-get. Worked without too much
> problems. I had to tweak XF86Config-4 a bit:
> 1) Dexter did not set /dev/gpmdata for my mouse correctly.
> 2) There was not 1280x1024 mode at all. I had to copy a couple
> of lines from the old XF86Config...
just add "1280x1024" to the desired modes. You don't need to write all those
modelines. The usual ones are already known.
> 4) DRI is supposed to work only with 16 or 32 bit color depth.
> Since 32 bit does not work at all, maybe 16 should be default?
it's 24bit baby (see Branden's post about it).
> (or selectable within Dexter?)
> This does not mean I already have DRI running with 16 bit... ;-)
>
> Ok, the most notably problem arised when I wanted to use dselect.
> Somehow, it wants to remove xlib6g together with all other X apps.
of course. They _depend_ on this package. What else would you expect?
> I cannot figure out what's wrong. There seems to be no Conflicts
> or such. apt-get check is quite happy, too.
>
> Any hints on that?
wait till every X application is recompiled against XF4, that is
Depends: xlibs (>= 4.0.1-1)
Petr Cech
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