Re: problems with XSERVER after UPGRADE
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 08:34:50PM -0500, Alessandro Ghigi wrote:
> >
> > Alessandro Ghigi wrote:
> > >I am running woody on a laptop since one year. After the last upgrade
> > >(i.e. last night) the xserver does not work. It complains that none of the
> > >configured devices can be detected. I tried to reconfigure using
> > >XF86Setup, and found that my card (NeoMagic NM256 et cetera) is not in the
> > >list any more.
>
> >
> > If you have upgraded woody, you have now moved to X version 4. You need to
> > generate a new XF86Config-4 file, by using dexter, which is included in
> > xserver-common.
> >
> > --
> > Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
>
> Thank you! But I haven't succeded yet. If I run dexter, it does not ask for the card, and X still does not start. Moreover the errors I get show that my server is XF86_SVGA. Should I change the xserver?
>
> ?
>
Try an:
apt-get install xserver-xfree86
This replaced the xserver-mach64 that I was using before, then I was
able to configure X with dexter.
Hope this helps
John
> Thank you
> Alessandro
>
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