Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > if you installed into /usr/local like your supposed to your fine, if > you just overwrote random stuff in /usr your hosed.
X wants to go in /usr/X11R6, /etc/X11, and so on. What you want to do is make a backup of all the relevant dirs before proceeding. On my system, they are /etc/X11 /usr/X11R6 /var/catman/X11R6 /usr/include/X11 /usr/lib/X11 /usr/share/lib/X11 Even if you didn't make a backup, I doubt that you've ruined your life by installing the tarball. Some things may be broken in 4.0.1, but that's about it. In the worst case you can always nuke the X directories and reinstall the debs. Right now I have both X3.3.6 and X4.0.1 installed, the former via debs and the latter via tarball. I switch between the two by symlinking to the appropriate directories, as in ln -s /etc/X11-3.3.6 /etc/X11 I can't recommend this approach without reservations, because I've only been using it for a few days and it may have broken things (though I can't see why it would off-hand). Don't let debian run your life! -chris
