Hi debianfolken,
I came across a blog entry by Andres Salomon (dilinger@debian.org) about
his sarge compatible x.org backport. It worked for me!
here is what I did:
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sid system 2.6.x kernel nvidia riva2 with non-free module built with module-assistant
this is a rough estimate of the step. use with caution!
2005-04-11 0305 EST
backup some old files
1. cp /etc/X11/Xsession /etc/X11/Xsession.xfree86
2. mkdir /etc/X11/Xsession.d.xfree86
3. cp /etc/X11/Xsession.d/* /etc/X11/Xsession.d.xfree86/
4. cp /etc/X11/Xsession.options /etc/X11/Xsession.options.xfree86
setup sources.list
5. deb http://www.acm.cs.rpi.edu/~dilinger/xorg/ ./ #added dillinger source
6. apt-get update
7. apt-get remove x-window-system #sid ( 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 )
8. apt-get -t 6.8 -u install x-window-system #dillinger (download only) (6.8.2-10sarge1)
stop old xserver
9. /etc/init.d/wdm stop
install xorg
A. apt-get remove x-window-system #sid ( 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 )
B. apt-get -t 6.8 install x-window-system
C. apt-get -t 6.8 install x-window-system-core
#configure xserver-xorg:select "xserver-xorg"
my errors
D. dpkg --configure -a #may be my error
E. apt-get install lsb-base #conflict with file /lib/lsb/init-functions in lsb-core
F. dpkg --force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/lsb-base_2.0-7_all.deb
G. apt-get install lsb-base
Y # for Xsession
Y # for Xsession.options
#adding /etc/init.d/xorg-common
#adding /etc/rcS.d/S70xorg-common -->
#purging /etc/init.d/xfree86-common
#purging /etc/rcS.d/S70xfree86-common
H. apt-get install x-window-system-core
# removing xserver-xfree86
# /etc/X11/X -> /bin/true
# installing xserver-xorg
I. /etc/init.d/wdm start
#may need to rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ file related to Xfree86
login and continue (woot!)
note: nvidia response seems zippier by about 10-20% on trackballs
2005-04-11 0445 EST
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cheers,
Kev
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