Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-10 Thread Randy Orrison
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 11:07, Randy Orrison wrote: > Thanks to everyone who replied! I've done apt-get install > xserver-xfree86; configuration with debconf handled everything just > fine. (Almost -- I'm going to have to tweak my keyboard: I'm using a > Microsoft Natural keyboard with UK layout, an

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-10 Thread Randy Orrison
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 01:12, Adam Majer wrote: > Get rid off the 3.3.6 stuff - install xserver-xfree86 package. > It will provide all the necessary drivers. Thanks to everyone who replied! I've done apt-get install xserver-xfree86; configuration with debconf handled everything just fine. (Almost

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-09 Thread Adam Majer
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:24:53PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > Note that testing and unstable contain packages for the nvidia drivers > that will download the drivers and create Debian packages out of them. > They're a bit more convenient than messing with the tar.gz's manually. Oh yeah, I've hea

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-09 Thread Brian Nelson
Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:52:55AM +, Randy Orrison wrote: > > I figured that the two v 3.3.6 packages (note that I've added the "-v3" > > to the appropriate line, that was quite confusing for a while) were > > obsolete, and deleted them (while X was no

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-09 Thread Adam Majer
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:52:55AM +, Randy Orrison wrote: > I figured that the two v 3.3.6 packages (note that I've added the "-v3" > to the appropriate line, that was quite confusing for a while) were > obsolete, and deleted them (while X was not running). Ha! xdm wouldn't > start! I put t

Re: Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-09 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Randy Orrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I installed Potato from CDs, and have since done an apt-get dist-upgrade to woody, and have been following woody since (with apt-get upgrade and install as needed when new packages arrived). I've recently noticed that I appear to be using X version 4.1,

Confusion about X in woody

2002-01-09 Thread Randy Orrison
I installed Potato from CDs, and have since done an apt-get dist-upgrade to woody, and have been following woody since (with apt-get upgrade and install as needed when new packages arrived). I've recently noticed that I appear to be using X version 4.1, as shown by this partial output from dpkg -l