Oh, that could be a problem, I didnt get it from debian, I download it from xfree86.org . Do you think I will have to reinstall the whole system to use 3.3.6 ? that would be a nightmare, meaning I have to start from scratch again?
Any more light? thank you Ben On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Do the Debian 3.3.6 packages in potato work? You might have to upgrade your > whole system to get them, but potato's almost stable anyway... (Or are there > specific reasons you don't want to do that?) > > My guess is that you installed the new binaries on top of the old, but some > old > config files got left behind, or there are some Debian-specific things which > you > need to get 3.3.6 to look in the right paths for window managers etc. > > For things as big and complex as X, glibc, gcc, etc., it's generally best to > either get the Debian binary packages, or if that's no good for one reason or > another, build from debian source packages, e.g.: > > apt-get source xfree86 > cd xfree86-(version, etc.) > debian/rules binary > > (Note, on my one xfree86 build, it required well over 1 GB! I can't say for > sure whether 3.3.6 in potato will build on slink...) > > Zeen, > > -Adam P. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
