On 11/12/02 at 9:17 PM Rob Weir wrote: >On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 04:19:17PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Well, I'm scared, since I don't want to trash X Windows. Other >> than saving copies of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and /etc/X11/fs/config, >> are there any other preparations that I should make before taking >> the upgrade plunge? > >No Debian package is going to overwrite your locally changed config >files. If one does, it's a very serious bug and should be reported to >the BTS (http://bugs.debian.org/). You might have once told X that >debconf should manage your XF86Config4, so that might be overwritten, >but it back up your original and you can easily change your mind with a >'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86'. > >Aside from that, 4.2 supports more cards, has a lot of bug fixes and >should just generally work better. Enjoy! >
Hi, There seem to be dozens of X related packages, and I'm a bit confused over which to apt-get. I'm mostly on Woody but planning to pull in XFree86 4.2 using apt-get -t testing install ?.deb My question is which package to specify to basically install XFree86 and its dependencies? Cheers - Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
