Balbir Thomas writes: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:27:44AM -0700, Andrew Agno wrote: > > Balbir Thomas writes: > > > I now find that xserver-xfree86 and xfree86-common are upgraded . I > > > even ran xf86cfg . But when I try to startx it still runs > > > 3.3.6. How do I change to 4 ? > > > > You probably still have the X link pointing to your old X server. > > Change it to point to your new X server and you'll be good to go. Not > > too sure where the link is--probably somewhere in /usr/X11R6/bin. You > > want to move the link to point to ./XFree86 instead of, for example, > > XF86_SVGA. > > But /usr/X11R6/bin/X is not a link ??
Then it should be :) It's also kind of odd that it isn't, actually, but maybe somebody else can tell you why. What do you have when you do something like: % ls /usr/X11R6/bin/X* If XFree86 4.x is installed, then you should have an executable by the name of XFree86. This is what you want to use instead of whatever you are currently using. Move X to something like X.backup, then create a link to XFree86: % mv /usr/X11R6/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin/X.backup % ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 /usr/X11R6/bin/X Then make sure your XF86Config file is up to date--or create a new one for XFree86 4.x, then test it out using % XFree86 -xf86config /path/to/new/config/file The following might also work (but back up your XF86Config files!): Remove XFree86 4.x and 3.x Reinstall XFree86 4.x, then XFree86 3.x This should work, as long as you remove absolutely everything--you may have to use the --purge option, but I've never done this, so who knows? Andrew.
