On 4 Jul 2001, at 23:46, Mike Andrew boldly uttered:
> On Wednesday 04 July 2001 20:57, Philip J. Koenig wrote:
>
> > I'm not even sure if saving my XF86 config file will do me much good
> > since AFAIK the format of the file changed in 4.x
> >
> > I presume it is still a rather mystical process to do an "upgrade"
> > from an earlier release. (ie eD 2.4 --> eW 3.1)
> >
>
> Hmmm. The upgrade as such is mainly contained in the kernel, and Xfree, yes,
> of course everything else is ++ but these are the biggies relative to
> incompatibility.
I'm having a really hard time parsing that sentence. "Upgrade
contained in the kernel", and what does "++" mean?
When I think of upgrade problems, I usually think about syntax and/or
location changes for configuration files, maintaining settings from
the old installation, making sure various libraries are installed and
compatible, etc.
> If you're _that_ worried about an older laptop, why not initially compile and
> install Xfree 4 on your existing e2.4 base, keeping of course 3.3.6 as backup?
That sounds like a good idea.
> You could save some time here and simply rpm Uvh all the new xfree stuff from
> the cd, then run xconfig. (/etc/X11/XF86Config files are _not_ compatible
> between the two releases). If things go bang, simply re-install the earlier
> rpms.
Luckily on this computer I haven't done much customization yet,
although it took me quite a while to get X working. Therefore the
main thing I will have to re-do is X setup. (ironically if you read
the XF86 docs you get the impression all the setup and detection is
much improved in 4.x, but then I keep seeing people say that eW 3.1's
install routine is much worse than the older ones about setting up
sound and video hardware)
Phil
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