[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi all, now that I have X running again, I notice a few things. > >> XF86Setup no longer works. when I select it from my fvwm menu nothing > >> happens. no errors no screen flashing, nothing. > > > >You seem to have started more than one thread on this, so forgive me if > > I'm losing track of where you are at. Am I right in thinking that you now > > have X4 up and running ? XF86Setup and xf86config are for X3.3. For X4 do > > > >#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > > Ok, here's where I get confused. I have plenty of questions for everyone so > please bear with me. I do have X3.3.6 running... apparently. I had thought > that a dist-upgrade to woody would install X4 but it would seem it did not. > The dist-upgrade did create an X4 XF86Config > in /etc/X11 which is why I couldn't get X running after the upgrade. > Now for the confusing part: > I _did_ install xserver-xfree86 using apt-get install xserver-xfree86 and > it installed fine but X3.3.6 is still what gets loaded when I run startx. > Very strange. I don't really have a preference as to whether I have X3.3.6 > or X4 installed as long as it works. ;-) so, how do I get one fully > installed and the other fully removed and why didn't dist-upgrade take care > of this? > Now, since I apparently do have X3.3.6 running, should I remove > xserver-xfree86? Perhaps that is what's keeping my XF86Setup from working? > Or should I remove the X3.3.6 packages and get X4 working (and thus put > back the X4 XF86Config)?
I would purge all of your X3.3.6 packages and install x-window-system-core to ensure you have the essential X4 packages. > >> My fonts are different. I think some font packages didn't get installed. > >> What are the names of the default font packages for woody (testing)? I > >> have xfonts-base already installed. > > > >xfonts-scalable for type1 > >msttcorefonts for truetype > > Do these packages depend on X3.3.6 or X4? X4 -- Simon Hepburn.