Re: Moving from XFree to xorg with Debian sid

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au>]

Bob Alexander wrote:
> I have a Thinkpad T40 (ATI Rad M9 1400x1050 panel) Debian system 
> tracking sid.
>
> AFAIK I should be running Debian's version of XFree rel 4.3.0.
>
> dpkg -l |grep xfree
>
>  xfree86-common                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-7             X Window 
> System  infrastructure transitional package
> ii  xserver-xfree86                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-14            the 
> XFree86 X s erver
>
> I would like to completely substitute the current X system to the latest 
> Xorg versions.
>
> What would be the reccomended way of doing so ?

apt-get update
apt-cache search xorg

  x11-common - X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure
  xbase-clients - miscellaneous X clients
  xserver-xorg - the X.Org X server

apt-get install x11-common xbase-clients xserver-xorg