Re: Why is setting up X so arcane?

[cjwatson@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

nikki@trumphurst.com wrote:
>In article <[🔎] 87sngkvd95.fsf@wesley.springies.com>, Alan Shutko wrote:
>> Often, it can.  You don't say whether you are using XF86 4 or 3.3.6.
>> The newer version of X is much better as scanning for devices and
>> autoconfiguring them.  But that version isn't in stable (although 
>> some people have packaged it).  The old version doesn't scan at all,
>> and while the various setup tools try to, they don't do it as well.
>
>Where should I look for a package, please?

There are *unofficial* X 4 packages for potato at:

  http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf403_potato/READ.THIS

It can't go into stable because the stable distribution isn't updated -
with any luck we can get woody released before X 3 drives everyone mad,
though. :)

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]