Re: XF4 install problem on titanium powerbook
"David J. Roundy" wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 02:40:59PM -0400, Gaby Levinson wrote:
> >
> > I am quite new to debian (ex 4-year LinuxPPC user) and am desperatly
> > trying to figure out how to use apt-get etc.
> >
> > I have been able to get debian (potato, installed from burned CD images)
> > mostly running on my tibook, but it seems I need XFree86 4.0 to make it
> > run full screen.
> >
> > If I try doing apt-get install xserver-xfree86 I get errors about
> > dependancys that are unmet (i have the "branden woody" line in my sources
> > file). It wants to see debconf, xserver-common and libc6) If I try to
> > install them by hand I get other dependancy errors.
>
> The simplest thing might just be to upgrade to woody. To do this, you edit
> your sources.list to point to woody (or testing), and then run 'aptget
> dist-upgrade'. This might be simplest, as XFree86 4.0 is not in potato,
> but it is in woody.
>
> Of course, you'll probably only want to do this if you have a fast internet
> connection, as it'll probably require a heck of a lot of downloads...
If you just get apt and then X from testing, it shouldn't be too much.
Note that you will need a 1152x768 modeline for 'fullscreen' at any rate.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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