Radek Zajkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As a result I downloaded the binaries of Xfree and it runs as a charm. I > compiled Emacs and my crappy pentium200 is now a bit more friendly, or at > least it offers the alternative to terminal.
> The problem I have created here is rather obvious, the package manager > doesn't know I have X libraries on my system and therefore, anything > requiring Xlibs will not install, since it forces the dependecies to be > configured as well. You probably get the rest of the story. So when you're doing this sort of thing what you almost always care about is having a newer X server than Debian provides. You can install all of the X client stuff (libraries, xterm, twm, and so on) using the Debian infrastructure. You can install the Debian X server, too, if it makes the packaging system happy, but it shouldn't be necessary. Meanwhile, put the XFree86 binary server tarball somewhere like /usr/local, and repoint the /etc/X11/X symlink to point at /usr/local/bin/XFree86. Now as far as dpkg/APT are concerned, you have X libraries (and those change very rarely), but you're using the newer server that supports your hardware, which is what you really want. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
