Re: Which Xfree86 For Woody/i386 ?
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 01:58:23AM +0100, Nick Boyce wrote:
> I'm still using the Xfree86 4.1.0-16 packages that came with my
> Woody/i386 system, but thinking about replacing them with one of the
> several later versions various kind souls have backported to Woody.
>
> But I've kind of lost track of which backport is most favoured by
> residents of this list, so has anyone got any recommendations ?
>
> I see from www.apt-get.org that there are *many* options here - several
> different versions of Xfree86 4.2.1 - one claiming to be IPv6-ready !,
> and one described as "Branden's 4.2.1 backported to Woody" so I infer
> that's as "official" as it gets - and then there's Daniel Stone's
> backport of 4.3.0, but is this too bleeding-edge for fainthearts such
> as me ;-) ?
>
> The "latest" 4.2.1 listed at apt-get.org is V4.2.1-8 by Norbert
> Tretkowski, although on his page at http://people.debian.org/~nobse he
> only lists a 4.3.0 port.
>
> [ http://www.apt-get.org/search.php?query=xfree86&arch%5B%5D=i386 ]
>
> I'd favour stability and/or performance over fancy features - oh, and my
> card is a PCI Voodoo 3.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions, or experience.
>
> Nick Boyce
> Bristol, UK
>
>
I've been running the official testing version of 4.2.1-6 on a testing
system for quite some time without incident (assuming my font problems
are from somewhere else). Note the KDE wiki page warns that one
particular version (4.2.1-7?) has a bug, at least for working with
KDE.
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