RE: XF86Setup & apt-get
You need to get a server for your card for XFree to work.
XF86Setup additionally requires the vanilla vga (svga?) server to run, but
you can avoid this by using the console based configuration (XF86config--not
the configuration file, but a script).
It may be a bug that the configuration depends on a package which is not
listed in the dependencies.
There are probably other pieces as well. I used dselected, and started with
the task-* stuff under X. However, I deleted some of the things it takes
in; there's no point in getting servers for cards you don't have.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Zielinski [mailto:mzielinski@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 7:05 AM
> To: Debian User
> Subject: XF86Setup & apt-get
>
>
> I set my sources.list to:
>
> http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main
>
> I did an apt-get update then apt-get upgrade. Everything went fine
> until I tried to run XF86Setup, this wasn't installed. I then did an
> apt-get update XF86Setup and then an apt-get install XF86Setup. Once
> again everything appeared fine.
>
> I then ran XF86Setup, when I got to the configuring the card the bottom
> of the screen stated: "*** The selected server is not installed!
> Please abort, install SVGA server as /usr/X11R6/XF86_SVGA and run this
> program again ***"
>
> What should I apt-get now...XF86_SVGA? I browsed ~vincent and did not
> see an entry for XF86_SVGA. I understand the overall concept of
> apt-get (used to upgrade your system based on your sources.list), but I
> don't fully understand the details of the how it works. For example,
> my previous apt-get for XF86Setup does not appear to be in ~vincent
> listing either, but it obviously is. If someone could assist me in
> understanding how apt-get works/finds what it is looking for once it
> gets to ~vincent I'd appreciate it.
>
> Also is there a way to apt-get the all the X files instead of having to
> retrieve bits and pieces at a time?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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