Hello, I upgraded to XFree 4.1 to support my Matrox Millenium G450. I had loads of dependency problems but eventually got there.
It appears hwoever I still have dependency problems and have got my system in a bit of a state. Here's the output of dselect if I don't change any requested packages: U*- Std devel g++ The GNU C++ compiler. U*- Std devel g++-2.95 U*- Std devel gcc-2.95 U*- Std devel libstdc++2.1 The GNU stdc++ library (development files) U*- Opt x11 xbase-client miscellaneous X clients *** Req base libncurses5 Shared libraries for terminal handling *** Std devel binutils The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities. **- Std devel gcc The GNU C compiler. **- Std devel libc6-dev GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files. **- Std utils dpkg-dev Package building tools for Debian **- Opt admin debconf-tiny Tiny subset of debconf for the base system **- Opt devel blt-dev Development in blt - a tcl/tk extension library **- Opt devel f2c A Fortran77 to C/C++ translator, plus static & shared libs. **- Opt devel fort77 Invoke f2c like a real compiler. **- Opt devel g77 The GNU Fortran 77 compiler. **- Opt devel kernel-sourc Linux kernel source for version 2.2.19 **- Opt devel libxaw7-dev X Athena widget set library development files **- Opt devel task-tcltk-d Developing Tcl/Tk applications **- Opt devel tcl8.2-dev The Tool Command Language (TCL) v8.2 - Development Files. **- Opt devel tk8.2-dev The Tk toolkit for TCL and X11 v8.2 - Development Files. **- Opt devel xlib6g-dev pseudopackage providing X library development files **- Opt devel xlibs-dev X Window System client library development files **- Opt interpre tktable-dev Development files for tkTable **- Opt misc kernel-packa Debian Linux kernel package build scripts. **- Opt x11 x-window-sys X Window System **- Opt x11 x-window-sys X Window System core components **- Opt x11 xdm X display manager **- Xtr devel libncurses4- Developer's libraries and docs for ncurses _* Opt admin debconf Debian configuration management system __ Opt devel bcc 16-bit C compiler __ Xtr devel gcc272 The GNU C compiler. __ Xtr devel libxaw6-dev X Athena widget set library development files (version 6) __ Xtr oldlibs altgcc Alternate gcc package for the libc5 environment. g++ unpacked (not set up) ; remove (was: install). Standard g++-2.95 depends on g++ (>= 2.95.3-2) g++ depends on gcc (<< 2.95.3) Here's my apt/sources list:# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free #deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf410_potato/i386/ deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf410_potato/all/ deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb ftp://sunsite.org.uk/Mirrors/ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://sunsite.org.uk/Mirrors/ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/ stable main non-free contrib #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free The gcc compiler installed is Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.2/specs gcc version 2.95.2 20000220 (Debian GNU/Linux) and it works (rebuilt the kernel with it OK) but I can't install g++ and am in a knot. What's the best way out without removing XFree4.1? Upgrade to testing? I'd prefer something stable-ish... Martin
