On Thu, 31 May 2001 18:41:17 MRZ wrote: > Wow, seems like I'm alone in the problems I'm having with > this- hopefully someone might recognize an answer to one of these.. <snip>
Ok, I'm finally catching up with work. Here's what I did step by step to get XFree86 4.0.3 working with Potato 2.2r3. First off, I installed the following lines in my /etc/apt/ sources.list: # Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 - XFree86 Version 4.0.3 deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf403_potato/all/ deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf403_potato/i386/ Next I did a apt-get update and then a apt-get dist-upgrade. Then I typed startx and the file was gone, poof!, and MIA. ;) During the apt-get dist-upgrade I did catch some message about some dependency issue. So..., next I found out that I needed the package called "libfreetype6", which is available via http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha. I just downloaded the .deb file via lynx and ran dpkg -i on it. Then after the dependency issues were fixed, I discovered that the xbase-clients package never was installed. (the one fixing my startx missing buglet) So I did a apt-get install on that package and was all set. When you install the xbase-clients package it will prompt ya for creating a new XF86Config-4 file that will be in the /etc/X11 directory. I had to tweak mine slightly but that's about normal. Hope this helps! Dana -- I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead.
