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Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?



Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>:
>  s. keeling wrote:
> > Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>:
> >   
> >>  xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity?  I cannot 
> >>  work out what package it's in.
> >
> > (0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config
> 
>  sorry - just what does that add to the issue?  I'm not intersted in 
>  Xinerama or html pages...

apt-file knows everything there is to know about Debian package
contents.  If that's all it knows about xf86config, you're pretty safe
to assume there is no xf86config in Debian.

> >>  refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox 
> >>  card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of 
> >
> > (0) heretic /home/keeling_ lspci | grep -i vga
> > 01:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]
> >
> > That's a 4 Mb PCI card.  Works fine with Version: 1:7.1.0-19 (Etch).
> 
>  Lucky you. 

Note to self: ignore pleas for help from M. Waller in the future.


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