Re: Howto asses possible damage from downgrade Xorg

2011-10-16 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 16 October 2011 18:00:35 Harry Putnam wrote: > what does `stable-bpo' mean at: > http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xorg-server.html Stable-bpo is stable-backports. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Howto asses possible damage from downgrade Xorg

2011-10-16 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:00:35 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Camaleón writes: > >>> Can anyone guide me on this, or is this the kind of thing I should >>> install a vm guest for? >> >> Synaptic makes a good job when it comes to manage the versions of the >> packages you want to install. You select

Re: Howto asses possible damage from downgrade Xorg

2011-10-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Camaleón writes: [...] >> I'd like to experiment with the previous version 1.10. Compare certain >> behavior against the current version. But don't know what I'm doing well >> enough to make a good assessment of what damage may be done to my system >> by downgrading like that on such an import

Re: Howto asses possible damage from downgrade Xorg

2011-10-15 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:33:21 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Running recently installed wheezy system > > I see this version information concerning Xorg server: > > aptitude versions xserver-xorg-core > i A 2:1.11.1-1 testing 500 > > I'd like to experiment with the previous versio

Howto asses possible damage from downgrade Xorg

2011-10-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Running recently installed wheezy system I see this version information concerning Xorg server: aptitude versions xserver-xorg-core i A 2:1.11.1-1 testing 500 I'd like to experiment with the previous version 1.10. Compare certain behavior against the current version. But don't