Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I use sid and just apt-get dist-upgrade to Xfree 4.2.x My card is a Quadro2 MXR, when using the older version of XFree 4.x , it randomly crashes when switching screen. This problem hasn't happened eversince I get 4.2.x ... it has been solid for me. On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:01:02 -0400 "Justin

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:03:12AM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:28:11PM -0500, Nick Traxler wrote: > > Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. > > I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my > > XF86Config both times. Pretty an

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread bob
>I see that XFree 4.2.1 has made it into unstable a few weeks ago. I > am curious, has anyone tried to install it? How has that gone? Would you > say it's better to install from the unstable .debs or manually using the > XFree installer? Don't if it was the specific problem, but I had random,

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:28:11PM -0500, Nick Traxler wrote: > Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. > I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my > XF86Config both times. Pretty annoying. You once told debconf to manage your XF86Config-4. Run `

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Justin F. Knotzke
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 06:56:12PM +0200, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: > Me.I'm using it for some time and it's great. > The installation from .debs went very smoothly. I recommend using .debs > because of upgrades of packages. Was there a huge list of dependencies that do not match stable tha

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Nick Traxler
Just one thing--back up /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 before you install 4.2. I've apt-gotten 2 revisions from unstable, and it overwrote my XF86Config both times. Pretty annoying. -- Nick This one time, at band camp, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka said: > Me.I'm using it for some time and it's great. > The insta

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
Me.I'm using it for some time and it's great. The installation from .debs went very smoothly. I recommend using .debs because of upgrades of packages. Vlada On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 18:01, Justin F. Knotzke wrote: > >Hello, > >I see that XFree 4.2.1 has made it into unstable a few weeks ago.

XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-23 Thread Justin F. Knotzke
Hello, I see that XFree 4.2.1 has made it into unstable a few weeks ago. I am curious, has anyone tried to install it? How has that gone? Would you say it's better to install from the unstable .debs or manually using the XFree installer? Thanks J. -- Justin F. Knotzke [EMAIL PROT