Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-23 Thread James Strandboge
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 10:47, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On 22 Aug 2003 09:01:35 -0400, > James Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 05:25, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On 21 Aug 2003 09:07:39 -0400, > > > James Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-22 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 18:09, Sven Luther wrote: > > I suppose it would be enough to fill a bugreport about this > against the 4.3.0 experimental X packages, and Branden will either > backport the fix from the XFree86 CVS servers, or implement a new fix. > > I suppose this may already have happene

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-22 Thread James Strandboge
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 05:25, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On 21 Aug 2003 09:07:39 -0400, > James Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > The main way I advertised the backport was through this list and > > debianplanet.org. Both of those have these instructi

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-22 Thread James Strandboge
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 10:49, Michael Bennett Cohn wrote: > On 21 Aug 2003 15:51:54 -0400 > James Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > When that was posted on debianplanet, xfree86 was not part of of my > > backport. After it was, I let people know via the list. I am not sure > > what

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-21 Thread Evan Martin
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 23:48, Sven Luther wrote: > Would it not be better to rebuild the gnome 2.2 backport together with a > backport of branden's unofficial 4.3 packages ? I seriously doubt that > it is wise to continue to stay with an XFree release that is more than > 18 month old, and doesn't su

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-21 Thread James Strandboge
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 20:38, Michael Bennett Cohn wrote: > On 21 Aug 2003 09:07:39 -0400 > James Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The main way I advertised the backport was through this list and > > debianplanet.org. Both of those have these instructions. As for > > others, I w

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-21 Thread James Strandboge
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 15:03, Michael Bennett Cohn wrote: > With more help from friends at #debian, I actually managed to get rid of the > offending XFree86 files. I then finished the backport install according to James' > instructions. > > In general, it seems to be working. But I have a few co

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-20 Thread James Strandboge
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 02:48, Sven Luther wrote: > > > That is not quite accurate. Woody ships with xfree86 4.1. libxft2 is > > > required by gnome2.2, and appears first in xfree86 4.2 (again, not in > > > official woody). xfree86 4.3 has an upgraded freetype that is > > > incompatible with wood

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-20 Thread James Strandboge
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 05:28, Michael Bennett Cohn wrote: > > > > What is the output of each of these commands? > > > > dpkg -l|grep freetype > > dpkg -l|grep fontconfig > > dpkg -l|grep xlibs > > dpkg -l|grep libxft2 > > dkpg -l|grep xserver > > > > Jamie Strandboge > > Since our last exchange,

Re: Gnome2.2 backport and XFree86 4.3 on woody [was R:e XFree864.3 in Woody]

2003-08-19 Thread James Strandboge
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 04:44, Michael Bennett Cohn wrote: > James, > > Please explain the relationship between what you're saying here, > and the info appearing at http://www.linuxcompatible.org/print20707.html, > which was apparently posted quite recently, and which suggests different > chan