Re: Downgrading to xfree86 3.x
In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
> Quoting Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>:
>> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 08:02:59PM -0600, Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
>> > I have an old VLB video card (ATI Graphics Ultra Pro). It does not
>> > appear to be supported in xfree86 4.x. How do I downgrade to xfree86
>> > 3.x in woody?
>>
>> apt-get install xserver-mach32 xserver-common-v3
>>
>> Debian's 3.x and 4.x versions of X can co-exist without problems.
>>
>
> How to I tell it which version to start? And does anyone have any
> advice about getting it to work at greater than 8 bpp?
>
> TIA,
> Jeffrey
>
The symlink is /etc/X11/X. Change it from pointing to XFree86 to the Mach32
server which will be in the same directory as the XFree86 is -
/usr/X11R6/bin, I think.
Anita
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