> Dear colleagues, > > I have a computer that its videocard seems to require XFree86 4.01. I > use > Potato. > I searched for stuff available, and when I decided to use the binary > packages, while looking for info related to Debian with XF 4.01, I found a > letter in XF86 page mailing lists by Branden Robinson (the maintainer of > the XFree86 debianized packages) that said the following: > > "Debian users may prefer to try my preliminary XFree86 4.0.1 .debs instead > of installing from the XFree86 tarballs." > > This is very nice, but in the X Strike Force page, maintained by him, I > read > > "Phase 2 .debs of XFree86 4.0 are now available. These are retrievable with > apt, and should upgrade smoothly from version 3.3.6 of XFree86, *but please > note that they are for testing, not general-purpose use,* " > > Branden continues: > > "and the library packages should definitely should not be used to compile > packages for upload to Debian." > > > Well, I am newbie. What do I do? I won't upload anything to Debian, but > I > consider I'll give Xfree86 a "general-purpose use". >
I believe that if your video card is not supported by 3.3.6 then you have no choice. Otherwise, until 4.01 will be more mature you might settle for 3.3.6. > > I'd like to know if this is a decent question. Some days before I sent > here a question that actually was very stupid, because the answer was in > the docs (thanks to all repliers!). I take very seriously the large amount > of questions posted here and I'd like to reduce my trash sent at the minimum. > If you have made a reasonable effort to find the answer by yourself then any question is decent. Keep trying and post more questions in case you have ones. > > Thanks for your attention, > > > Ignasi > > > > > > > > -----------------------------------------------\ ____ > From Barcelona... \ \____\_______ > / / ___\_'_\ > Still nationalizing the LAN! / \¬___/ > ----------------------------------------------/ > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com
