Re: XFree86 4.1 --> 4.2.1 (Woody)

2004-03-11 Thread Kenneth Jacker
pigeon> Add: pigeon> deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ stable xfree86 pigeon> to your /etc/apt/sources.list, ... I am please to say that installing the "backport" of v4.2.1 has allowed me to use my "ATI Radeon 7500" video controller. Though there are/were a few gotchas (e.g., mouse

Re: XFree86 4.1 --> 4.2.1 (Woody)

2004-03-09 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:20:53AM -0500, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > Greetings! > > As some of you following this list know, I have been trying to get my > "ATI Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500]" board working with XFree86-4.1 > under stable. After much help and emails, it appears that that > controller

Re: XFree86 4.1 --> 4.2.1 (Woody)

2004-03-09 Thread Jonathan Schmitt
So, here we meet again ;-) First of all, get Your fingers away - far far away - from any Xfree86.org binaries! Worst idea ever, really. On my notebook I "upgraded" manually to xfree 4.3 (because of a lack of driver support for Geforce Go chipsets in 4.1). Finally, when the next X Update arrived,

Re: XFree86 4.1 --> 4.2.1 (Woody)

2004-03-09 Thread Tony Middleton
Not sure if this helps but . I took two approaches to this. First I downloaded the non-debian packages from the XFREE site. I left the Woody X packages in place to satisfy dependencies and then installed the XFREE packages on top. It seemed to work OK for me but there might be problems t

Re: XFree86 4.1 --> 4.2.1 (Woody)

2004-03-09 Thread GCS
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:20:53AM -0500, Kenneth Jacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Various correspondents state that 4.2.1 supports my board. Version > 4.3.0 and 4.4.0 are some of the "latest and greatest". But, I thought > I might just "get my feet wet" (since I have done *zero* backports) >

XFree86 4.1 --> 4.2.1 (Woody)

2004-03-09 Thread Kenneth Jacker
Greetings! As some of you following this list know, I have been trying to get my "ATI Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500]" board working with XFree86-4.1 under stable. After much help and emails, it appears that that controller/chip isn't supported under v4.1. :-( So, since I think the board is a dec