Hello, > well, thanks.. the problem is how to get X running with potato? > i don't want to tell my father to install woody. > i guess he will compile xfree 4 on his own if there is no other solution. > maybe this will break a lot of things (dependencies) so i don't have a good > fealing about this.. :( > isn't there ANY way in xfree 3(!) to get a not supported card to work?? > even if it runs in svga compatible mode with only 4mb of detected video ram, > i wouldn;t care!! but it has to work! > it would be really a shame if it's not possible. > and do you think it is possible to compile xfree 4 into potato without huge > problems? > i hope somebody can help me. i don't want to believe, that debian is not able > to handle this situation :((( You "only" need a Xserver that supports the card the clients can stay on an older version. I suggest compiling XFree 4.?.? on the machine with "prefix" set to '/usr/local' (look into the documentation contained in the XFree-Source how to do this) and install ist. You then have to use the Xserver from /usr/local. This does not touch the debina-installed-X. You might be able to install the Xservers from the new X only. This would minimize side-effects. Of course, customization containig the Xserver have to be done in '/usr/local/X11R6/...' by hand. MfG bmg -- "Des is völlig wurscht, was heut beschlos- | M G Berberich sen wird: I bin sowieso dagegn!" | berberic@fmi.uni-passau.de (SPD-Stadtrat Kurt Schindler; Regensburg) | www.fmi.uni-passau.de/~berberic
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