Re: X.org on Debian Sarge
On Tue, August 1, 2006 11:54 pm, B Thomas wrote:
> I tried upgrading to X.org 6.9 from backports.org so that
> I could get Xvideo working with the fglrx ATI drivers for
> my x1400 Radeon card. I can't get Xvideo working with the vesa drivers
> either (I would prefer open source drivers if I could but without
> xvideo and yv12 overlays xine can hardly play DVDs).
>
> I followed the instructions on how to use apt pinning to
> do this, as prescribed by backports.org. However when I try to do
> apt-get upgrade, apt tries to upgrade about 135 packages including
> things like exim4. I see no reason why this sould be, and would like
> to stay with debian stable for everything else (except X11/X.org).
>
> Is there any way to just upgrade the x11 packages to
> x.org ? Is it safe and advisable ?
"apt-get upgrade" is telling the system to upgrade all available
packages, based on everything available in all the repos.
"apt-get install xserver-xorg" is telling the system to only install
that one package, install or upgrade anything that it depends on, and
to remove anything that conflicts with it.
See the difference? You only want to install a single app, so don't
tell the system to upgrade everything.
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Freddie Cash, LPCI-1 CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech.
School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357]
fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca
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