Most of you might have gotten bored to tears by my running efforts to get the X4.0.1 in woody functional, and probably know by now I have, so I thought I'd quickly and briefly say how:
After the updates and mountains of installs/removes: Run XFree86 -configure This creates a /root/XF86Config.new file. Hack this file using the information I've given previously - notably the Mouse and Monitor issues, and the display modes. Move the new file to /etc/X11 (for Christ's sake preserve the old one :)) Then everything should be fine. It's apparent to me that GDM is *not* at fault - after all if startx won't work, GDM sure as hell won't either. I'm also most appreciative of the work Branden and Co. have done - for the problem to be only a matter of an individuals setup within a fairly easy to read XF86Config file is quite an effort in my opinion. I'm hoping xf86setup isn't completely dead tho! :) (It gets removed when xserver-xfree86 gets installed btw, hence why we've all had fun in consoles getting it working again). So I hope I've helped someone, and good job Branden and Co. Cheers, Corey J. Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas
