Re: Installing XFree 4.2 into non standard location - help
On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 00:01, Bill Triplett wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-03-30 at 08:32, Andreas Leitner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I own a AIW Radeon. The card works quite nicely with XFree 4.1, but some
> > features (TV Out, TV In, ...) will only work with X 4.2 + some special
> > drivers from the Gatos project. For those to try I need to hand compile
> > my own X (at least the gatos guys recommend this) and install it over my
> > existing X.
>
> > Now I have downloaded the sources of X 4.2 and did a "make World" on
> > them. But I really don't like installing X over my X 4.1 which I
> > installed via debs. Is there a chance to install it into some non
> > standard dir, just to try it out.
>
> Hi.. I just did the same thing on a woody box. Here's what I'm doing to
> keep 4.2.0 separate from the distro's version: -- good luck
>
> Copy existing /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11 to something like /usr/X11R6-dkpg
> and /etc/X11-dkpg. Just for good measure, I tared and gziped the
> originals too. So now there is /usr/X11R6 and an /usr/X11R6-dkpg (which
> are the same) and an /etc/X11 and /etc/X11-dpkg (which are also the
> same)
>
> Then, 'make install'-ed the new Xfree 4.2.0, so it basically updates the
> /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11 with the new X version.
>
> Then, renamed /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11 (which are now updated to 4.2.0)
> to /usr/X11R6-420 and /etc/X11-420
>
> Then made symlink: /etc/X11 -> /etc/X11-420, and /usr/X11R6 ->
> /usr/X11R6-420
>
> That should do it. The real problem is when apt wants to update the
> xfree-packages during a routine apt-get update. I've been reading the
> manpage for apt_preferences(5), and there seems to be a way to manually
> keep apt from upgrading certain packages. I am not sure that I
> understand that process yet, but it is worth checking in to. Right now,
> if I see that apt wants to upgrade the x server stuff, I will switch the
> symlinks back to /usr/X11R6-dkpg and /etc/X11-dkpg before starting the
> upgrade. Ugh.
Hmmm, that doesn't sound much of a good idea to me. Problem is: When you
upgrade any X application (not only X itself) it will install things in
/usr/X11 and/or /usr/X11R6 (correct me if I am wrong), so once you
upgrade anything you need to reinstall your x 4.2, because just renaming
the symlinks back would result in a terribly inconsistent system.
But, thanks alot for your reply. It's good to know I am not the only one
trying. Btw, did you try the gatos X drivers as well? Did they work for
you?
Andreas
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