Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-14 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Hi could you explain how I get the old packages ie: what i use in apt-get ? I did an apt-get install xserver-svga (this is the server I use) and it installed some other stuff and then just changes the symlink. Good luck, Frank --

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread Rachel Andrew
Symbol xf86InterpretEDID from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a is unresolved In your Monitor section of XF86Config-4, try putting: Option IgnoreEDID on and/or don't load the vbe module. I'm not sure what these are about, however. I'm using XF86Config rather than XF86Config -4 as

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread Pun Kuan Tou
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:31:57 + Rachel Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Symbol xf86InterpretEDID from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a is unresolved In your Monitor section of XF86Config-4, try putting: Option IgnoreEDID on and/or don't load the vbe module. I'm not

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread D.
Did you run dpgk-configure xserver-xfree86? That will set up xfree4.1.? --- Pun Kuan Tou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:31:57 + Rachel Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Symbol xf86InterpretEDID from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a is unresolved In

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread Rachel Andrew
At 05:01 13/11/2001 -0800, you wrote: Did you run dpgk-configure xserver-xfree86? That will set up xfree4.1.? yes but 4.1 doesn't work. I have not got anywhere at all with 4.1 It crashes without an error message other than signal 11, nothing in the logs at all. I wish to use the file

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread Rachel Andrew
you can try to run xf86cfg to setup X.. results in a totally non functioning X Rachel

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread Joop Stakenborg
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:14:04 + Rachel Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you can try to run xf86cfg to setup X.. results in a totally non functioning X How about X -configure ? Rachel Joop

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread Rachel Andrew
How about X -configure ? that selects the wrong video card driver, doesn't get the mouse working and comes up with the same font issues that the file I wrote has. I haven't been able to get any of the automatic configurations to write anything close to a working X, the XF86Config I am

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread D.
During the install did you notice if xserver-xfree86 was installed? If your unable to do dpkg-configure xserver-xfree86 then xserver-xfree86 did not get installed when you did the upgrade (that was my problem). You can look in /var/cache/apt/archives and see if that package is there, if not do a

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Is there a way of totally removing XFree86-4.0.1 and going back to the version i was using with Potato which I didn't have any problems with whatsoever. Rachel That's a question I've been asking myself for quite a while. It looks like the 3.3.6 packages have dependencies with the 4.x

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread Rachel Andrew
At 06:53 13/11/2001 -0800, you wrote: During the install did you notice if xserver-xfree86 was installed? If your unable to do dpkg-configure xserver-xfree86 then xserver-xfree86 did not get installed yeah I can do that - but it results in a non-working X. I've had several people look at

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-13 Thread Rachel Andrew
Hi could you explain how I get the old packages ie: what i use in apt-get ? That's a question I've been asking myself for quite a while. It looks like the 3.3.6 packages have dependencies with the 4.x packages on my sid-system. So my workaround is to get all the needed 3.3.6 packages

XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-12 Thread Rachel Andrew
Hi I still have an unresolved problem with XFree86. If I try to startx using XF86Config-4 it gets to the point of adding mouse drivers and then crashes with a Signal 11 error. There are no other errors apart from something to do with APM and it crashes while loading peripherals in KDE2.2 I

Re: XFree86 problem on Woody

2001-11-12 Thread Brian Nelson
Rachel Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi I still have an unresolved problem with XFree86. If I try to startx using XF86Config-4 it gets to the point of adding mouse drivers and then crashes with a Signal 11 error. There are no other errors apart from something to do with APM and it