Re: upgrading to X.org server
Did you try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and still got what you
mentioned? I had some issues with previous XF86Config-4 at 1st, but
after performing the reconfiguration of the package I got everything
set correctly...
Javier.
On 8/5/05, Jim McCloskey <mcclosk@ucsc.edu> wrote:
>
> Not so long ago, I upgraded to the X.org 6.8.2 packages in
> unstable. The upgrade was very smooth and easy, and produced a working
> configuration right away (creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the old
> XF86Config-4 file). It looks like the X Strike Force has done a really
> great job.
>
> However, there were a couple of small adjustments that I had to make
> by hand that I thought would be worth reporting here, in case others
> have had similar issues.
>
> 1. I initially lost access to my TrueType fonts. This turned out to be
> because X.org no longer uses the xtt module (its functionality
> included instead in the freetype module). So when I commented out:
>
> #Load "xtt"
>
> from the Modules section and instead:
>
> Load "freetype"
>
> the problem was solved.
>
> 2. The X.org server no longer supports the speedo module or the
> associated fonts, so I was getting warning messages until I
> commented out the relevant lines in the Fonts section and in the
> Modules section. Very minor.
>
> 3. Most serious problem:
>
> (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
>
> The most visible symptom here was that I could no longer use
> Ctl-Alt-Fn to get back to the n-th virtual console from a running X
> session. The solution in this case was to make a link from:
>
> /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86 to /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xorg
>
> and also from:
>
> /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst to /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.1st.
>
>
> Jim
>
>
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