On Monday 25 September 2006 14:50, Adam Porter wrote: > David Goodenough wrote: > > I am trying to install xorg on an HP 9010 laptop. It was installed but > > the hard drive died and so I took an old 2.5" drive I had which had linux > > on it with XFree86 (and a SIS screen configured) and I am trying to > > upgrade it to > > work on this new machine. I got rid of the old XFree86 code (I think I > > got > > rid of all of it) > > You say it had Linux on it; was that Debian or something else? > > If it was Debian, what version? > > If it was newer than Woody, try $(apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg), > then reinstall it. > > If it was Woody or older, or not Debian, then I recommend you wipe it and > install Debian from scratch. It was upstable last updated about the time 2.6.5 was released - whenever that was. It would be difficult to reinstall as the laptop has also got a bad CD (yes I know, should really replace the whole thing).
I tried purging xserver-xorg, but that did not help It went through the questions several times, and failed on I think the third time through, just after it cleared the screen. It then put up a question very quickly and then up came this dialog. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
