Thanks Paul;
Being new to Debian, I'm not sure why but my dselect doesn't show any
Xfree versions other than 4.1.0-16. How do I get the Xfree 3.3.6 to be
available in dselect? I have all 7 disks.
Thanks
Mike M
On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 12:13, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 11:35:11AM -0500, Mike Manchester wrote:
>
> > I've got Debian running on an IBM ThinkPad 760 XL, almost.
> > I can't get the Xserver to run but I've had that problem since Version
> > 4.x of Xfree. In any case I found where someone had selected unsupported
> > device and SVGA driver and IBM 9514-B TFT Panel during the install. Well
> > I really don't to go through the install again just to select these
> > options.
> >
> > BUT I can't find xconfigurator and XF86Config doesn't give me the above
> > items to choose from. What's up with that? Somewhere, somehow there must
> > be away to select the above items.
> >
> > Other wise how can I remove the XFree 4 and install XFree 3 in Woody?
> > Can I do that through dselect?
>
> You can do it in dselect-- select xserver-svga for install. You'll see
> it has a version number of 3.3.6. You can uninstall xserver-xfree86,
> which has a 4.1.0 version number. But I wouldn't uninstall the 4.1
> version. Just leave it on there and don't run it. Which server runs
> depends on the symlink at /etc/X11/X, which is linked to the server you
> want. Once you've installed the 3.3.6 server, you can symlink /etc/X11/X
> to it (if not already done by the install). Of course, you don't have to
> select xserver-svga. There may be another xserver-* 3.3.6 version that
> works better for your laptop.
>
> Paul
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