Re: 4.2 install report
On Jul 08, 2002 at 09:44 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 09:49:56AM -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote:
> > On Jun 27, 2002 at 11:40 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote:
> > > On Jun 27, 2002 at 10:05 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote:
> > > >
> > > > BTW, can someone quickly explain what I do to try the new version of
> > > > the package? I'm a Debian newbie, so I only really understand the
> > > > basics of dselect/aptitude.
> >
> > OK, I fiddled around endlessly and discovered that the x-window-system
> > and x-window-system-core packages do not automatically pull in the
> > 4.2.0 version of xserver-xfree86, on my system. Probably an APT
> > configuration thing, like I said I'm new to Debian.
>
> Hmm, I'm not sure what packages you're using:
>
> Package: x-window-system-core
> Status: install ok installed
> Priority: optional
> Section: x11
> Installed-Size: 120
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> Source: xfree86
> Version: 4.2.0-0pre1v1
> Depends: xserver-xfree86, xlibmesa3, xfonts-base (>> 4.0), xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-scalable, xbase-clients, xutils
Yup, that matches what I see from "apt-cache show
x-window-system-core". I've been using aptitude to do my
installations. I have no clue why it doesn't pull in xserver-xfree86
and so on -- when I ran the install, it claimed it successfully
installed x-window-system-core, but it did nothing with the
dependencies. Aptitude generally seems to be working for me
otherwise; I pulled down openoffice.org the other day, which has some
dependencies, with no problems.
If you want more info, let me know. Now that my stuff is working I'm
a little afraid to mess with it, but I'll do it in the interests of
Science if it helps...
> > So I successfully got the new stuff by grabbing xserver-xfree86.
> >
> > Good news -- seems to be working here, and, the bug that has been
> > annoying me the most is fixed! On my Trident CyberBlade-equipped
> > laptop, with 4.1.0-17 and prior, when I switched back to X from a
> > console, the screen would go all "melted" white (like it had the wrong
> > refresh rate).
>
> FYI, this LCD phenomenon is called "blooming". It's generally
> considered a bad thing, and when it happens you should try to stop it by
> any means necessary. Take the box down hard if you have to.
Thanks for the explanation & terminology. When I was searching the
archives & google, I didn't know that term so I probably missed most
of the interesting info.
--
Thatcher Ulrich
http://tulrich.com
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