Re: XFree86 broken.
I'm using 3.3.6, when everything was messed up, I did try version 4.0.2,
which I managed to
start at a very low resolution (I had trouble configuring XF86Config-4, and
I was missing a tool
called dexter, I thnk).
Anyway, I've solved the problem. After trying:
dpkg --force-depends -P xbase-clients xcontrib xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi
xfonts-base xfree86-common xfstt xlib6g xlib6g-dev xserver-common
xserver-svga xterm xviddetect
I was able to reinstall XFree 3.3.6..
Eivind.
On 2001.02.19 17:36:30 +0000 Daniel Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:21:46 +0100, "Eivind Arnesen"
> <Eivind.Arnesen@netcom.no> wrote:
>
> >Hi!
> >
> >I was just beginning to feel comfortable with Debian, when my
> >X configuration broke down. I tried to remove XFree and install it
> again,
> >but there is too many dependency problems. It looks like the package
> >database
> >is really screwed up. Just about whatever I try to do, I get some
> >complaints
> >about broken dependecies. I think maybe some of the dependent files,
> have
> >been upgraded
> >to newer versions (testing or unstable), but after several late hours
> >yesterday, I was not
> >able to fix it. Anybody have some usefull tips? Sorry, that I don't
> >include much usefull
> >information here (error messages, logs etc), but I'm using windows when
> I
> >write this mail.
> >(depressing...)
> >
> >Eivind
>
> What version of xf are you using? I had a similar problem
> and I downloaded the source to sf 4.01 and compiled it
> rather than trying to depend upon packages. It didn't fix
> everything but I was able to get xf limping along again in a
> usable state.
>
> Dan
>
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