Re: How to upgrade to XFree86 4 on unstable ?
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:57:36PM -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:27:44AM -0700, Andrew Agno wrote:
> > Balbir Thomas writes:
> > > I now find that xserver-xfree86 and xfree86-common are upgraded . I
> > > even ran xf86cfg . But when I try to startx it still runs
> > > 3.3.6. How do I change to 4 ?
> >
> > You probably still have the X link pointing to your old X server.
> > Change it to point to your new X server and you'll be good to go. Not
> > too sure where the link is--probably somewhere in /usr/X11R6/bin. You
> > want to move the link to point to ./XFree86 instead of, for example,
> > XF86_SVGA.
> >
> > Andrew.
>
> But /usr/X11R6/bin/X is not a link ??
>
I finally found it. It is the X link in /etc/X11 that must point to the
xserver . This got the xserver started . Hmmm. ... but the colors don't
look right :-(.
b. thomas
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