Re: problems after upgrade to progeny
Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com> writes:
> Andre Berger wrote:
> >
> > I've just upgraded my potato box to progeny. There's a problem with
> > xserver-xfree86 (4.0.1-12), the mga driver, and geometry. Vertical
> > window borders are partly gibberish, like waves, and the text of lines
> > between these parts is slanted to the right or left. This may sound
> > poetic, but makes things really hard to read. Is this a known bug, am
> > I supposed to write a bug report?
> >
> > Second, which TrueType-fontserver would you suggest?
>
> none. X handles tt fonts now.
>
> > Next, what's the best way to switch back to xserver-svga (3.3.6-x)
> > if I find no fix for 4.x?
>
> not sure, you might try to just install it, or, if you did not
> uninstall/remove/purge it, you might want to change where the X (it is a
> link), or maybe the /etc/X11/Xservers? I am not sure, browse through the
> config files and you'll find out how to set up default X. For test
> purposes you can also directly run XSVGA (or whatever is the name of the
> server, I do not have debian system accessbile right now), just to see
> if it (still) works,,,
>
> they use different config files, X 4.x prefers XF86Config-4, X 3.x
> uses XF86Config by default, so they should be able to coexists easily
> (then again, AFAIK you can force them to use other config files so it's
> not a big deal anyway)
>
> erik
Changing back to v3 was easier than I thought late at night -- mainly
change the symlink /etc/X11/X to /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA. Sorry for
that stupid question.
Andre
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