Re: How do I put X on hold?
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 23:07, John Gay wrote:
>
> I've got a GVX1 video card, which is only supported by xfree86>4.2.0 so I had
> the sources for 4.2.0 on a CD, so a little reading of Makefiles and such I
> figured out how to make World, back-up the now useless x config stuff and
> installed 4.2.0 from source. Now I can use my GVX1 card but I'm afraid to
> dist-upgrade incase apt replaces all my carefully installed and configured
> 4.2.0 with Brandens 4.1.0 .deb's.
Well, overwriting the installed system with a self-built XFree86 wasn't
a good idea in the first place. Unofficial 4.2 debs have been posted to
this list, or if you want to build yourself, that can be done without
interfering with the packaging system.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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