On Monday 18 August 2003 10:08 am, David Mosberger wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:43:46 -0700, Richard Harke > >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Richard> Based on the preceeding email, I decided to download > Richard> XFree86 4.3.0 and go with that. Same problem. > > Is there a reason you can't use the "stable" version of > xserver-xfree86? Last time I tried, that worked fine (on top of an > "unstable" system). Alternatively, I was told that the "experimental" > branch has an XFree86 that works with gcc-3.x. But that's probably > more tricky to get working, since the xserver will presumably pull in > the latest glibc etc. > > --david I recompiled Xfree86 4.3.0 using gcc-2.96 and almost had it working. It started and ran KDE just fine. Unfortunatly, it crashed badly when the Xserver was shut down. I then moved back to kernel 2.4.19. I had to rebuild because there were two images installed, one in the boot partition and one in the source tree. But neither seemed to match the config. However this build went smoothly and I was rewarded with a working X. I used the nvidia version 4431 which you refered me to on the HP web site. I think the critical element was using gcc-2.96 to compile. kernel 2.4.20 is set up to use gcc-3.2 Also, gcc was defaulted via a soft link to gcc-3.3 so I had to change that.
My problem now is that whenever I go to get other software, the package management system sees the dependency violations and tries to correct them. Since I'm not sure how the tarball from Xfree86.org maps to debian packages, I have a great deal of trouble managing any install. I suppose there are two alternatives. One is to move back to the latest Xfree86 that was compiled with gcc-2.96, which is presumably the one in stable. Another would seem to be to make a local debian package for Xfree86 4.3.0 so that can plug the dependency hole. I'm not sure how to accomplish either. Athird alternative just occured, try to get the source to Xfree86 4.2.1 as a debian package, if such exists. Then build and install. Any suggestions? Richard
