At 07:34 PM 11/13/02 -0600, James Miller wrote:
Wow. The confusion just multiplied exponentially. I've heard talk ofVery possibly. There was an architecture change in X between 3.x.x and 4.x.x . 4.x.x uses a single executable, with server (video card) selected in the config file. X 3.x.x was actually a set of a dozen or so related executables, each a server for a specific set of video cards (or chipsets); you actually ran the specific X server needed by your hardware.
differing xservers for different video cards, but this is the first time
I've had to confront it in practice. I'm still not quite sure what it
means and what I must do. I'll have to let that sink in for a bit.
I took a look in the /pasture directory for Slack 8.1 and it comtains a
further subdirectory called /XFree86-3.3.6-servers . I'm guessing I need
to look within that sub directory? I've already installed XFree86 4.2.0. I'm not
sure how, or if, two different XFree86 releases work together. Probably
I'll have to ditch 4.2.0 to use my video card, no?
It may be that support for your card was abandoned in the move to XFree86 4.x.x. There are cardlist files somewhere at www.xfree86.org that might let you see if XFree96 3.3.6 (the last 3-series version, I believe) supports your hardware.
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