Re: Xfree86 3.3.3 or 3.3.4 or 3.3.5
On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 08:50:45AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > I am installing slink from cd's. I so far have installed the base > system and have PPP working. I need to get X setup, but the 3.3.2 > version on the CD's does not have support for my Matrox G200 AGP card, > I know 3.3.4 does (maybe 3.3.3 too). How can I get this from the > netgod site (I don't have a graphical browser yet...), I'd like to do > this via dselect with apt, but ONLY to get the updated X packages. I > will still install most every else from CD first, then upgrade one > package at a time when needed. > > Can I mix the 3.3.2 X packages on the CD with an X server from 3.3.3 or > 3.3.4 or do I need an all 3.3.3 or 3.3.4 system? How do I set up > deselect/apt to see the available 3.3.3 or 3.3.4 x packages from the > debian server? I need the Slink version of these packages (glibc2.0 > not 2.1). > > Thanks for any help anyone can give me here. This is the first time I > will attempt installing packages direct from the net (as opposed to > downloading a single package via ftp and just dpkg -i it.) Use apt as your access method with dselect. Put the netgod site in there in addition to the site for stable. The latest available versions will be shown on your selection list. dselect/apt will identify any dependencies for you. If you have already installed packages from the CD and then run dselect/update using the web sources, dselect will choose to update to newer versions of any packages you have. This is desireable. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: xfree86 3.3.3.x slink apt
Hi, add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.netgod.net/ x/ this will source the slink versions of XF86 3.3.3.1 and the SVGA server is the one you need (I'm using a TNT card) HTH, Jon -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 39679408
Re: xfree86 3.3.3.x slink apt
See the many threads on this list about getting the Matrox G200 card working under Slink. I suspect that they apply to your problem also. TNT is supported in 3.3.3.1. I don't know which server you should use though, I suspect that the SVGA server would be the one as that's usually where new card drivers get added these days. Matthew "Geocrawler.com" wrote: > > This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Joakim Svensson" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > Be sure to reply to that address. > > Hi all, > > Sorry if this has been asked a million times before. Just don't read > on if it has. But if someone got a few minutes I would appreciate > it. > . > OK. Some problems. > > I have installed a "dialup" slink and it works well. But since I have > a tnt graphics card (ASUS V3400) I need xfree86 3.3.3.x ? > > So how should I proceed. > The 5 cd slink dist. has this 5th cd and it states it has > kde + new kernel + xfree 3.3.3. problem is I can't fint it > when I run dselect. I guess the best would be to solve this > problem using the cd-set so if anyone has any ideas how > I could do this it would be very good. > > Perhaps the cd's are wrong? How could I do then. Should I > configure ppp (without X) and use apt-get ? If this sounds > like a good idea I would really welcome some assistance. > > How do I set up my X without the 3.3.3 Xfree ? Can I run > it in vga mode or something ? (I tried this but couldn't get it > to work). > > So any ideas would be nice. I still think the best way is to get > the cd's to work properly. > > --- > is > xserver-comm3.3.3.1-x and > xserver-svga3.3.3.1-x the corrrect debs ? > > Best regards > Joakim Svensson > > > Geocrawler.com - The Knowledge Archive > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: XFree86 3.3.3
On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 07:55:33AM +0100, Peter Makholm wrote: > John Welling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Anyone have any idea when XFree86 3.3.3 will > > be included in the debian release? > > Probally with the potato release. > > The X maintainer is smart enough to get the slink versions bugfree > before proceding to the potato versions of the packages. XFree86 3.3.3 > was released much to late relative to the freeze of slink. For some values of bugfree. There are about 375 outstanding bug reports against the X packages, and many of them date back to well before I took over the package. More speficially, what I'm trying to do with slink X is get the release-critical bugs out (which I've done), get it building without changes on all arches that are releasing for slink (i386, m68k, alpha, sparc), and make sure the installation and setup procedures aren't goofy (especially for people who don't already have an XF86Config file). -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Exercise your freedom of religion. Set [EMAIL PROTECTED] | fire to a church of your choice. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | pgpmiSJ1uRy7N.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: XFree86 3.3.3
John Welling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyone have any idea when XFree86 3.3.3 will > be included in the debian release? Probally with the potato release. The X maintainer is smart enough to get the slink versions bugfree before proceding to the potato versions of the packages. XFree86 3.3.3 was released much to late relative to the freeze of slink. -- Peter er den mindst gamle af de gammeldags usenettere, og moderator på den eneste modererede gruppe i dk.*, so there. - citat RockBear
Re: Xfree86 3.3.3 for next Debian release or sooner?
> > Just wondering if XFree86 3.3.3 is being considered for the next release > > (2.2) or not... I would really like to have XF86 3.3.3 since it contains an > > X-server for the Riva TNT chipset. > Yes, as soon as Branden is done with the X in frozen(slink), he will start > working on 3.3.3 for unstable(potato). In the meantime, you can drop the binaries of the server into place in a 3.3.2 installation. I just dropped the SVGA_Server file onto my desktop, hoping it will stop the crashes on my screwball card (they only happen on some realvideo feeds, but the trial is coming up.) So far, it's working, but i'll need to wait for a heavily loaded server to see if it solves the problem. And it didn't solve the artifacts in 16bpp, but they might be better now . . .
Re: Xfree86 3.3.3 for next Debian release or sooner?
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Chris R. Martin wrote: > Just wondering if XFree86 3.3.3 is being considered for the next release > (2.2) or not... I would really like to have XF86 3.3.3 since it contains an > X-server for the Riva TNT chipset. Yes, as soon as Branden is done with the X in frozen(slink), he will start working on 3.3.3 for unstable(potato). HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | The above is a completely random sequence of bits, any relation to | | an actual message is purely accidental. |
Re: Xfree86 3.3.3 for next Debian release or sooner?
"Chris R. Martin" wrote: > > Just wondering if XFree86 3.3.3 is being considered for the next release > (2.2) or not... I would really like to have XF86 3.3.3 since it contains an > X-server for the Riva TNT chipset. > > Thanks, > Chris Just go to xfree86.org, download the 3.3.3 Xserver (by itself) that you need, and drop it in in place of your current Xserver (make a backup just in case). Works for me, and a good way to get the new functionality without having to wait for Debian 2.3. -- Ed C.
Re: XFree86 3.3.3
Hi > To change my main PC at work from RedHat 5.1 ro Debian 2.0 I need > to be able to run XFree86 3.3.3 as I have a Matrox G200 graphics > card (currently I am running the SUSE special xserver for this > card). Are there and debs available for 3.3.3 unstable or > whatever or do I just go get the binary release from > ftp.xfree86.org ? The SUSE special xserver for the card is exactly the one that is present in XFree86 3.3.3. If you have no compelling other reason to upgrade, the easiest thing to do is to wait until the debian packages show up. They will be there in unstable in some time. Trying to use the xfree binary distribution instead of the debian packages might introduce more trouble than it solves. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax+31 40 2455054
