XFree86
Thanks to the numerous responses I received from my posting (June 9, 10:04)
regarding setting up XFree86 on my Debian 1.3 O/S.
Below is what I think I'm supposed to do. Possibly, someone could verify if
this is correct.
First, let's make sure I understand the difference between various versions
of Debian and XFree86. The 2 relevant parameters seem to be "bo" vs. "hamm"
and "xlibc5" vs. "xlibc6".
Debian 1.3 uses "bo" and "xlibc5", whereas the "frozen" version
Debian 2.0 uses "hamm" and "xlibc6".
("Frozen" versions are still available for download but just aren't
100% stable?)
XFree86 3.2 uses "xlibc5" and "hamm", not "bo".
Therefore, unless I upgrade to Debian 2.0, I need to use XFree86 version 3.1?
I don't know what these terms mean, but at least this is hopefully enough
information to download the correct version.
I should download from
"ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/x11/"
"xbase_3.3-4.deb, xlib6_3.3-4.deb, xfntbase_3.3-4.deb,
xserver-vga16_3.3-4.deb, fvwm2_2.0.45-BETA-4.deb".
Several questions about this:
1) Is this in fact XFree86, or is this a completely different generic
XWindows Package?
2) Is this the correct version of XFree86? (e.g version 3.1, not 3.2)
3) Is this the correct directory to download from? I pretty much
picked it at random.
4) "xlib6_3.3-4.deb" has nothing to do with the xlibc5/xlibc6 issue and
is the correct file to download?
5) Is "fvwm2_2.0.45-BETA-4.deb" o.k. to use even though it says "BETA"
in the file name?
I should then run on my O/S "dpkg -i filename.deb" for each of these files.
More questions:
1) This is just as good as running "dselect" and really doesn't matter?
2) In the other direction, unarchiving the files:
"preinst.sh, postinst.sh, X332bin.tgz, X332cfg.tgz, X332doc.tgz,
X332man.tgz, X332fnts.tgz, X332lib.tgz, X332set.tgz, X332VG16.tgz"
(which I downloaded from
"ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/Linux-ix86")
would also accomplish the same, but would involve a number of extra
steps.(Except this is XFree86 version 3.2, not 3.1)
3)"xbase_3.3-4.deb" should be installed first and contains "pre.inst"
and "post.inst" (similar to the files from "ftp.xfree86.org").
"pre.inst" should be immediately run?
4)"xbase_3.3-4.deb" also includes the SuperProbe program which should
be run to determine the correct xserver file I should use.
Thanks for any advice someone can pass on. I really have no idea how far
off base I am. Hopefully not too far.
Dennis Dixon
P.O. Box 1896
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
(707) 964-2979
ddixon@mcn.org
http://www.dixonadvise.com
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