RE: ATI driver difficulties
On Sam, 2002-08-31 at 20:25, Tobias Giesen wrote:
> Michel:
> > Looks like not all your X components fit together.
> > Make sure xserver-xfree86 and friends are installed
> > correctly and there's no other X installation interfering.
>
> Thanks. This happened with a fresh installation from the
> Debian 3 CDs (burned from ISO images). Maybe I should uninstall
> XFree86 and friends and reinstall it from a http source? What
> would be the commands to accomplish that?
You shouldn't have to do anything special; they should get upgraded
automatically if newer versions are available online.
> I would be willing to reinstall Debian yet again, but there is
> nothing that I could do differently with respect to this problem.
That's certainly not necessary with a Debian system. :)
It might help if you could put up server log files for us to look at.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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