Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-24 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

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

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. I

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

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 that

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 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 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