On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 04:59:54PM -0600, Bill Kalebaugh said > David Z Maze wrote: > > >Lukas Ruf <ruf@rawip.org> writes: > > > > > > > >>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! > >> > >> > > > >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. You can get .debs for XFree86 4.2 on woody from http://www.apt-get.org/, just punch xserver-xfree86 into the search box. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: spies Pakistan BATF Rand Corporation InfoSec
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