Re: X.org <-----> Xfree
On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 17:08 +0000, Thomas Adam wrote:
> --- Johan Kullstam <kullstj-ml@comcast.net> wrote:
> > for it. Look up debian and ibm thinkpad t42 2378fvu sometime.
>
> I find it more interesting that because of the Xorg/XFree86 issue, more
> and more people are saying that they *do* need Xorg, just because it is
> available. I bet you, you'd have made do quite happily with XFree86. :P
For the record, this is not always true, and is somewhat exacerbated by
the fact that (IIRC) Debian must stick with the last DFSG-compatible
release of XFree86. I have (an admittedly bleeding edge) system with a
PCIE card that XFree86 (at least the version in Sid) does not support in
any way. I am an edge case.... for now. :) (Don't misinterpret me; I
am *not* suggesting that x.org can or should be in Sarge..)
At the time, I installed x.org from source; the post (and accompanying
comments) below has some helpful advice about how to do this on Debian.
http://incubator.vislab.usyd.edu.au/roller/page/Steve/20040909#installing_a_non_intrusive_x
I haven't checked apt-get.org (in a few months, at least).. you might
have some luck there..
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