Re: Upgrading to XFree 4.2.1-3
On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 17:09, Richard Kimber wrote:
> On 11 Nov 2002 16:19:17 -0600
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Well, I'm scared, since I don't want to trash X Windows. Other
> > than saving copies of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and /etc/X11/fs/config,
> > are there any other preparations that I should make before taking
> > the upgrade plunge?
>
> I guess you need to check that your driver is the right one, if you're
> using one from your video card manufacturer's website.
My TNT2 uses the nv driver, so no problem, I guess...
> I upgraded. It works fine, though the upgrade wasn't entirely smooth, and
> I only got it working by restoring the previous config, so having a backup
> is clearly important. There were some font differences, but they were
> minor - I don't know much about fonts.
Were these the only 2 problems?
When you say "font differences", what do you mean? Did they become
unbearably small or blocky?
Thanks
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