Re: XFree 4.0.2, testing all new stuff to me
I got it to work, but here's some pointers for the archives :)
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 10:11:42PM -0600, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 10:44:09PM -0500, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> > I'm wondering what to put in sources.list for the new testing distribution.
> > I've been holding off a wholesale woody upgrade for something exactly like
> > this!
>
> You would change ("stable" or "potato") to ("testing" or "woody")
> such as:
> deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free
Did that, it complained a great deal... (see below)
> > When I tried just changing my potato entries to woody, I get threats to
> > remove kdebase. I've begun to rely an awful lot on KDE2 lately... are my
> > fears of KDE rejection unwarranted? I'd also like to get the latest X,
> > since I'm still running 3.x, it might just be time to leap! Where is it?
> > Woody? If so, is it named something different, like xfree-4 or is there X
> > 3.x at all in Woody? (I want that XRender extension...!)
>
> >From what I have read testing/woody has been rolled back to potato 2.2r2, so
> I would think you woud experience no change in packages at this time,
> including KDE packages.
I did get it to work, and there was about 81 packages to update, so there is
something.
> I also read that Xfree4.01 will not be in testing for a while, which leaves
> you with Xfree3.3.6 for now.
Drat, and me with high speed access for only two more days...
> > Any pointers, or should I just hold on and wait for a bigger announcement?
>
> Don't really know. Have read that testing may not be completely ready yet, but
> don't know if that is true. Maybe give it a week, or do some research, and try
> it. It sounds good to me.
Ok, here's what happened. When I tried at first to update, it wanted to
remove a serious pile of packages. These removals were based on the
mesa-glide packages! My old Voodoo card isn't working in my new Athlon
machine, so I decided to back out to regular mesa (sigh) until I get a new
3D card. I couldn't uninstall it without bringing KDE2 with it! I
installed mesa on top of it, and it replaced as it would, without a
KDEctomy. NOW, I could upgrade with barely a hiccup.
It was a nice upgrade. I LOVE this new testing idea!!!!! It's exactly the
comfort/technology balance I want.
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