Re: XFree86 with Neomagic
In article <[🔎] 199903242337.SAA28061@clifford.livenet.net>,
shaleh@clifford.livenet.net writes
>>
>> I am currently running Linux on a Compaq laptop with a Neomagic NM-2160
>> video card. I would like to use Debian 2.1. Could I use XFree86 3.3.1 with
>> Debian 2.1, even though the distribution supports an older version. Thanks
>> for any help.
>
>Debian 2.1 has the neomagic driver. If you MUST have the 3.3.1 version,
>install Debian's X like usual, then go to master.debian.org/~vincent/ and grab
>the temporary 3.3.1 debs. or you can simply place xfree86.orgs xserver binary
>in /usr/local/bin and edit /etc/X11/Xserver to call it.
Using 3.3.1 would be advisable if you don't want X to break when you
upgrade to Debian 2.2 (glibc2.1 apparently kills it).
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