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Re: Debian2.2 and XFree86 version 4




> > There are packages for XFree86 4.0.3 under potato. Just add the
> > following lines to your sources.list:
> >
> > # Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 - XFree86 Version 4.0.3
> > deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf403_potato/all/
> > deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf403_potato/i386/
> >
> > Just run apt-get update / apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade your
> > installation of version 3.x. You can also use dselect with apt as
> > access method to install it, if you didn't have an existing XFree86
> > installation. You have to configure XFree86 Version 4.0.3 with
> > xf86config (in text mode) because there is no graphical setup program
> > like in version 3.x.
> >
> > For me there were no problems with the upgrade (I used apt-get to
> > upgrade an existing installation). But I think at the moment not every
> > graphic card that is supported in version 3.x is already supported in
> > version 4.0.3. So better check if your card is supported on
> > http://www.xfree86.org before making the upgrade.

I have got S3_ViRGE and Matrox Millennium.
It seems (from the xfree site) that XFree86 version 4 support these
two video card but I cannot find SVGA server. 
Has the SVGA server replaced by many different servers e.g.
Matrox Millennium server, S3_ViRGE sever and so on?  

Jan





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