On 18 Feb 2001, Brad Hubbard wrote: > > > Xfree 4.x has TWO config files........unlike the old Xfree 3.x > > > > Make sure you are changing both files and not just the old type > XFree86.cfg > > one > > > > Took me a while to figure this one out > > Presumably one is /etc/X11/XF86Config, what's the other one? > > Cheers, > Brad > > Congo Systems > 12 Northgate Drive, Thomastown, VIC 3074 > Phone (03) 9464 5981 Fax (03) 9464 5982 > Mobile 0419 107 559 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website www.congosystems.com > >
Actually I don't think the above is right. I now seem to have got X-4 working and there is only ONE config file; the old one is redundant. I've done the following: 1. run xf86config and generate /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. 2. remove or rename /etc/XF86Config. (If you leave it, it does no harm, but it isn't doing anything.) 3. Change the link /etc/X11/X to point to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86. It's no. 3 which I was missing; I found it thanks to another poster on this list (Mirek Kwasniak). There seems to be a good deal of confusion hereabouts concerning this upgrade and I don't know if what I did is what you are supposed to do, but it does work here. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Gnu/Debian Linux (Windows-free zone) For electronic books, skeptical essays, and over 120 book reviews, go to: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/ To be forced by desire into any unwarrantable belief is a calamity. [I.A. Richards]
