Re: How to get xfree86 v4 working after dist-upgrade?
"Eric" == Eric Richardson <eric.richardson@milagrosoft.com> writes:
Eric> Shyamal Prasad wrote:
>> Don't do that! Install xserver-xfree86, and let the installer
>> guide you through it.
Eric> Thank-you. This worked good. I was able to get xfree84-4 to
Eric> work with a voodoo3 card using the xserver-xfree86 server
Eric> and tdfx driver. I looked at the -4 docs earlier and knew
Eric> that was the correct driver. It seems it saved some of my
Eric> other settings as well. It sure can find out a bunch of
Eric> stuff about the card etc. as I didn't need to specify memory
Eric> or anything. Is there another configuration program such as
Eric> xf86config or something I should use to fine tune?
Yes, XFree86 4.x does a pretty good job detecting things for you,
specially with new hardware. I find that the best way to configure
things is to do 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' and let debconf
handle the file for you.
If you want to fine tune beyond that, edit the XFree86-4 file but
respect the comments about where to put your hand written stuff. If
you don't, debconf will write over your changes the next time you
upgrade, restart X and so on!
Eric> What do I need to do to remove the old -3 stuff?
I'm not sure, but I guess 'apt-get remove xserver-common-v3' should do
it.
Eric> I'm wondering why there is no info in the release notes for
Eric> this so when people upgrade to woody they know what to do.
I suppose it's the same reasoning as for the kernel: going to Woody
does not require an upgrade to X. If you want to upgrade X you do it
explicitly.
Cheers!
Shyamal
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