On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 02:10:29PM -0500, Goetzke, Christopher L wrote:
> > (1) What is the graphical configuration utility for Xfree86 
> > called ( and
> > where is it)?
> 
> It's "XF86Setup".  I don't recall where it lives offhand (and my
> computer is in an odd state at the moment, needing re-installs of the MS
> OSs on my tri-boot 95/NT/Linux machine; anyway, I can't get to my Linux
> partitions right now [under NT]).  XF86Setup is in root's path on my
> system, and I don't think I've modified said path.

xserver-vga16, it's required to use the GUI anyway.


> > (3) Is there a program that will compare packages installed 
> > on my system to
> > current packages on the FTP site and suggest / download all upgrades?
> 
> As has been mentioned, dselect can do this.  Yell if you have problems.

Good luck with dselect.  I use it, but most developers won't because of how
hard they find it to use.  So far, everyone seems to like apt, but it's not
finished yet.

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