Re: Installing SId version of Xorg
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Frank <debianlist@videotron.ca> wrote:
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> On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:18:51 +0300
> Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun,04.Oct.09, 16:49:52, Frank wrote:
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>> > I'm running Squeeze and having a lot of trouble with Xorg freeze with
>> > my Intel video, so I'd like to install the Xorg version of Sid, while
>> > keeping the option to go back to the testing version.
>> > What is the best way to do this ?
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>> Maybe not the best, but...
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>> # echo 'APT::Default-Release "squeeze";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00local
>> # echo "deb http://your-prefered-mirror/ squeeze main"
>> # >> /etc/apt/sources.list aptitude update
>> # aptitude install -t squeeze xorg
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> Maybe I wasn't clear....but won't that take me back to Squeeze?
> How do I get the Sid version installed ?
Add sid repository to sources.list and then aptitude -t unstable install xorg
You maybe want to see about 'pinning' [1,2]
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-pin
[2] http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning
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