I did apt-get install xf86setup, but it did not work. I received the following error.
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependancies: xf86setup: Depends: tcl 8.0(>=8.0.4) but it is not installable Depends: tk 8.0(>=8.0.4) but it is not installable E: Sorry, broken packages I then tried apt-get update xf86setup, that ran without error. But when I did apt-get install xf86setup, I received the same errors. Dselect shows xf86setup 3.3.2 as not being installed, was:install and there are two ** in the left hand column. --- kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 07:25:18PM -0800, Michael Zielinski wrote: > > I have an ATI Rage 128 Pro card and I'm using slink. I edited my > > source.lists to point to www.debian.org/~vincent xfree-update main. > > > > I did an apt-get update and then an apt-get upgrade. Everything > seemed > > to work, I received one warning "/usr/x11R6/lib/x11/doc symbolic > link > > points to the wrong place." > > > > I tried to run xf86setup but it could not find the command. I went > > into dselect and xf86setup was not installed. When I went to > install > > it, I was connected again to ~vincent. The packages to be > installed > > were: > > > > xserver-common, xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-base, xlib6g, xserver-vga16 > > > > I then answered the prompts according to my O'reilly book and my > PC's > > equipment. Everything went fine until the testing phase. I > received > > the following: > > > > "x: exec of /usr/bin/x11/sf86.svga failed" > > "/var/lib/info/xserver-vga16.postint:kill:(416) - No such pid" > > > > "x server work properly?" I answered n > > "Checking /etc/x11/xf86config for problems." > > "No problems found with the XFree86 configuration file." > > "Preserve /etc/x11/xf86config just created (quit keeps file)?" I > > answered q > > > > If the program didn't find any problems, but x still doesn't work, > what > > do I do now? > > Try XF86Setup. This is an alternative X configuration utility. > While > it doesn't have a monitor database for setting modelines, the rest of > the configuration is quite slick. It's a graphical tool, and > requires > the VGA16 X driver (dselect or apt will work out the dependencies for > you). > > apt-get install xf86setup > > | xf86setup contains two X clients used to configure XFree86 X > servers. > | . > | XF86Setup itself is used to either perform the initial setup of the > servers > | or to make adjustments to the existing configuration; when invoked > from the > | console to initially configure the XFree86 servers, it will start > the VGA16 > | server and then allow configuration settings to be entered. When > run from > | within an already running server environment (e.g. from an xterm > window), > | XF86Setup can be used to make adjustments to the current server > | configuration. > | > | Again, if you wish to use the XF86Setup program to perform initial > | configuration of the X server (i.e., you do not have a working > XF86Config > | file), you MUST have the xserver-vga16 package installed. > | > | xf86setup also contains a graphical mouse configuration utility, > xmseconfig. > | > | Note to Alpha users: The XF86Setup program has no awareness of TGA > | hardware and cannot be used to configure the TGA server. Because > the VGA16 > | server does not work on the Alpha, XF86Setup can only be used to > adjust an > | existing X server configuration on that architecture. > > > -- > Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > > Scope out Scoop: http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/ > Nothin' rusty about Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
