Re: Trying for X 4.0 on potato - again
On Thu, 31 May 2001 18:41:17 MRZ wrote:
> Wow, seems like I'm alone in the problems I'm having with
> this- hopefully someone might recognize an answer to one of these..
<snip>
Ok, I'm finally catching up with work. Here's what I did step
by step to get XFree86 4.0.3 working with Potato 2.2r3.
First off, I installed the following lines in my /etc/apt/
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/
Next I did a apt-get update and then a apt-get dist-upgrade.
Then I typed startx and the file was gone, poof!, and MIA. ;)
During the apt-get dist-upgrade I did catch some message
about some dependency issue. So..., next I found out that
I needed the package called "libfreetype6", which is
available via http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha. I just
downloaded the .deb file via lynx and ran dpkg -i on it.
Then after the dependency issues were fixed, I discovered
that the xbase-clients package never was installed. (the
one fixing my startx missing buglet) So I did a apt-get
install on that package and was all set.
When you install the xbase-clients package it will prompt
ya for creating a new XF86Config-4 file that will be in
the /etc/X11 directory. I had to tweak mine slightly
but that's about normal.
Hope this helps!
Dana
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I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
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