Re: xfree86 4.3 installing on unstable

[Bill Kalebaugh <billk@lvnworth.com>]

David Z Maze wrote:

> Lukas Ruf <ruf@rawip.org> writes:
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>  
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> > is there any way to install xfree 4.3 on my Debian unstable box
> > without switching to experimental?
> >
> > Thanks for any explanation on how I could achieve that!
> >    
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> You probably don't want a full XFree86 4.3 install, just the X server
> for hardware support.  On my laptop, I downloaded the Xxserv.tgz and
> Xmod.tgz binary tarballs from xfree86.org, unpacked them in
> /usr/local, repointed /etc/X11/X at /usr/local/bin/XFree86, and edited
> the XF86Config file appropriately.  It looks like I still have the
> Debian xserver-xfree86 package installed, but I don't really use it.
>
>  
I tried following your instructions to the letter, now X will not come
up, had to re point to /user/X11R6/bin.
What did you change in the XF86Config-4 file ????
I need to get 4.3 working to use my video card (NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440)
as was told I could not use this card
on anything older than 4.2.0. But my woody has 4.0.1.