Xfree 4.1 on potato
I'm trying to install Xfree 4.10-14 onto an otherwise (reasonably) stock potato machine but am having a problem with a dependancy. It appears that this build, found in testing, requires debconf = 0.5, but, strangely, this version seems not to exist in testing but rather its in unstable (??!!) I'm not at all inclined to use anything from unstable on boxes that are not for development (this one isnt). Would this be a bug I should report? I would have thought that each sub-dist (stable, testing and unstable) would feature all installable components from within its own branch. Cheers, Craig
Re: Xfree 4.1 on potato
I'm trying to install Xfree 4.10-14 onto an otherwise (reasonably) stock potato machine but am having a problem with a dependancy. you can find XFree86 4.x debs compiled for potato here: http://people.debian.org/%7Ecpbotha/ i installed them yesterday, it worked quite well. follow the instructions in the READ.THIS files. pietro.
Re: XFree 4.1 for Potato questions
Sorry for the late reply, but I've been bogged in mail... On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:52:46AM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: Just recently installed XFree 4.1 debs for Potato (using C.P. Botha's unofficial debs). Some questions: * After installing the unofficial debs, I didn't get the /etc/X11/X file. Is it a config file or a directory, or a symlink to /usr/bin/X11/XFree (which also didn't exist after the install). What do I need to do? * In XFree 3.3.6 I need only to enable X to listen to ports 7100 and 7101 to use truetype fonts, as well as install xfstt. How do I configure X to use true type fonts in XFree 4.x? any change in what to do? You can use xfstt, but X4 has built in support for TrueType fonts. You can just add the directory to your FontPath list. You'll need to run mkfontdir in each directory first (I think...), but then it should work fine. * Any change in where do I place my configs for X? is it still in /etc/X11/XF86Config or in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4? If /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 exists then X will use it. Otherwise, it looks for /etc/X11/XF86Config and uses it. It's probably a good idea to stick with /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, just for clarity, and to avoid any hard to diagnose problems later if you somehow have XFree86-3 installed. -rob pgposPOh5X0VN.pgp Description: PGP signature
XFree 4.1 for Potato questions
Just recently installed XFree 4.1 debs for Potato (using C.P. Botha's unofficial debs). Some questions: * After installing the unofficial debs, I didn't get the /etc/X11/X file. Is it a config file or a directory, or a symlink to /usr/bin/X11/XFree (which also didn't exist after the install). What do I need to do? * In XFree 3.3.6 I need only to enable X to listen to ports 7100 and 7101 to use truetype fonts, as well as install xfstt. How do I configure X to use true type fonts in XFree 4.x? any change in what to do? * Any change in where do I place my configs for X? is it still in /etc/X11/XF86Config or in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4? it's been a long time since I have last used and configured an XFree 4.x setup so I really am on a blank state now. help. Paolo Falcone __ www.edsamail.com
Re: XFree 4.1 for Potato questions
Today, I wrote : Just recently installed XFree 4.1 debs for Potato (using C.P. Botha's unofficial debs). Some questions: * After installing the unofficial debs, I didn't get the /etc/X11/X file. Is it a config file or a directory, or a symlink to /usr/bin/X11/XFree (which also didn't exist after the install). What do I need to do? i forgot to install the xserver-xfree package. sorry. * In XFree 3.3.6 I need only to enable X to listen to ports 7100 and 7101 to use truetype fonts, as well as install xfstt. How do I configure X to use true type fonts in XFree 4.x? any change in what to do? there's no need to change anything. Just restart xfstt. Or opt for the solution of adding the path to the TrueType fonts in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 then defining a fonts.dir file in the fonts directories (I think X has a tool for this...). anyway, it's pretty much easier to let X listen to ports 7100 and 7101 - though I don't know the security implications of this. Any comments? Paolo Falcone __ www.edsamail.com
Re: XFree 4.1 on Potato
On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 03:02:45PM +1000, Penguin wrote: I have Potato 2.2r0. Unfortunately the unofficial debs for xserver-common 4.1, etc etc will not install. dpkg complains that xfree(86?)-common is only at 3.x version, when I need the 4.1 version. Why is this? I thought all those packages that installed xserver-common etc for XFree 4.1 was all I needed to get XFree 4.1 running so I could use my NVIDIA GeForce II MX400 64M AGP card. So, can anyone tell me what other debs I need to get this happening? dpkg apparently needs xfree-common or xfree86-common, whatever that is. ... I suppose the unofficials debs you mentioned are the debs by Charl P. Botha. The only problem I had while upgrading my potato box to Xfree86 4.1 was a dependency problem on xbase-clients (which depends on libfreetype6). But according to the READ.THIS file on http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha there may be some other dependency problems. Here are the steps to upgrade to XFree86 4.1 on a potato box that worked for me: 1.) install the version of libfreetype6 from http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf4_potato_debs/libfreetype6_potato 2.) add the following lines to sources.list: deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf410_potato/i386/ deb http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/ xf410_potato/all/ 3.) apt-get update 4.) if you have an already running XFree86 3.3.x apt-get dist-upgrade should do the job. 5.) if you are installing XFree86 for the first time select the needed packages with dselect (configured with access method apt) - it will take care about dependencies or install one of the metapackages x-window-system-core (only the essential packages) x-window-system (a more complete X-Window system) via dselect or by apt-get install x-window-system HTH Andreas Schmidt
XFree 4.1 on Potato
I have Potato 2.2r0. Unfortunately the unofficial debs for xserver-common 4.1, etc etc will not install. dpkg complains that xfree(86?)-common is only at 3.x version, when I need the 4.1 version. Why is this? I thought all those packages that installed xserver-common etc for XFree 4.1 was all I needed to get XFree 4.1 running so I could use my NVIDIA GeForce II MX400 64M AGP card. So, can anyone tell me what other debs I need to get this happening? dpkg apparently needs xfree-common or xfree86-common, whatever that is. -- James
Re: XFree 4.1 on Potato
On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 03:02:45PM +1000, Penguin wrote: | I have Potato 2.2r0. Unfortunately the unofficial debs for xserver-common | 4.1, etc etc will not install. dpkg complains that xfree(86?)-common is only | at 3.x version, when I need the 4.1 version. Why is this? I thought all those | packages that installed xserver-common etc for XFree 4.1 was all I needed to | get XFree 4.1 running so I could use my NVIDIA GeForce II MX400 64M AGP card. | | So, can anyone tell me what other debs I need to get this happening? dpkg | apparently needs xfree-common or xfree86-common, whatever that is. At the very least, xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xlibs xbase-clients xutils and you'll certainly want to get the font packages too. What you need to do to install these is install them at the same time. Eg : dpkg -i xserver-common_blah_blah.deb xserver-xfree86_blah_blah.deb If you try and do it one at a time you'll get those errors you were describing above. -D -- It took the computational power of three Commodore 64s to fly to the moon. It takes at least a 486 to run Windows 95. Something is wrong here.
Re: Xfree 4.1 with potato and dependency problems
Marcel Figuerola Estrada said: What do you suggest me to do? Are potato and Xfree 4.1 really compatible? depends where you get the packages..the ones i got a while back (don't have them anymore i don't think..) worked ok in potato seems you got the wrong package for libfreetype, which depended on a woody/sid version of glibc. check again for a potato (glibc 2.1) version of libfreetype .. good luck ... nate
Instalar XFree 4.1 en potato y debendecias de paquetes
He instalado Xfree 4.1 y me da un problema de dependencia del paquete libfreetype6, del cual dependen xlibs, xterm y xbase-client. Me he bajado este paquete y lo he instalado. Entonces aparece el problema que este paquete depende de libc =2.2. el cual tambien me tengo que bajar porque no va incluido en los CDs de potato. Cuando intento instalarlo me aparecen más problemas de dependencias y conflictos, con lo cual me pregunto si esta cadena va a terminarse nunca. He pensado en la idea de pasarme a Woody para evitar todos estos problemas de dependencias, pero preferiria quedarme con la potato si es posible porque todavia soy un poco novato. Que me sugeris que haga? Es realmente compatible potato con Xfree 4.1? Marcel
Re: Instalar XFree 4.1 en potato y debendecias de paquetes
Marcel Figuerola Estrada wrote: He instalado Xfree 4.1 y me da un problema de dependencia del paquete libfreetype6, del cual dependen xlibs, xterm y xbase-client. Me he bajado este paquete y lo he instalado. Entonces aparece el problema que este paquete depende de libc =2.2. el cual tambien me tengo que bajar porque no va incluido en los CDs de potato. Cuando intento instalarlo me aparecen más problemas de dependencias y conflictos, con lo cual me pregunto si esta cadena va a terminarse nunca. He pensado en la idea de pasarme a Woody para evitar todos estos problemas de dependencias, pero preferiria quedarme con la potato si es posible porque todavia soy un poco novato. Que me sugeris que haga? Es realmente compatible potato con Xfree 4.1? Marcel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] De donde te has bajado el freetype y los demas paquetes de xfree4.1?? Prueba a bajartelo de http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/
Xfree 4.1 with potato and dependency problems
I run potato and I've installed Xfree 4.1.and I get a dependency problem with the package libfreetype6, from which xlibs, xterm and xbase-client depend. I downloades and installed this package. Then it appears that this package depends on libc=2.2. which I downlooaded too because it's not included in the potato CDs. When I try to install this package other conflict and dependency problems occur, so I wonder if it will become a never ending chain. I've thought about upgrading to Woody to get rid of those dependency problems, but I would prefer to stay with potato as I'm still novice in debian and in linux. What do you suggest me to do? Are potato and Xfree 4.1 really compatible? Marcel
Re: Xfree 4.1 with potato and dependency problems
I run potato and I've installed Xfree 4.1.and I get a dependency problem with the package libfreetype6, from which xlibs, xterm and xbase-client depend. I downloades and installed this package. Then it appears that this package depends on libc=2.2. which I downlooaded too because it's not included in the potato CDs. When I try to install this package other conflict and dependency problems occur, so I wonder if it will become a never ending chain. I've thought about upgrading to Woody to get rid of those dependency problems, but I would prefer to stay with potato as I'm still novice in debian and in linux. What do you suggest me to do? Are potato and Xfree 4.1 really compatible? Marcel Hi Marcel, XFree 4 and Potato aren't compatible because it needs new libc6 (it is the main thing in each debian distribution i think) so if you attempt to upgrade the libc6 you must use testing version so in this moment you are destructing the stable base of potato distribution (mail me anybody if i am wrong) ( and libc6 isn't the only thing X4 needs ;) ) i had the same problem that's why i've upgraded to woody and that's my advice to you -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am Martin Kacerovsky, student of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Charles University in Prague, in the Czech Republic, in Europe, on Earth, in the Universe where Linux operating system rules...
Re: Xfree 4.1 with potato and dependency problems
Martin Kacerovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I run potato and I've installed Xfree 4.1.and I get a dependency problem with the package libfreetype6, from which xlibs, xterm and xbase-client depend. I downloades and installed this package. Then it appears that this package depends on libc=2.2. which I downlooaded too because it's not included in the potato CDs. When I try to install this package other conflict and dependency problems occur, so I wonder if it will become a never ending chain. I've thought about upgrading to Woody to get rid of those dependency problems, but I would prefer to stay with potato as I'm still novice in debian and in linux. What do you suggest me to do? Are potato and Xfree 4.1 really compatible? Marcel Hi Marcel, XFree 4 and Potato aren't compatible because it needs new libc6 (it is the main thing in each debian distribution i think) so if you attempt to upgrade the libc6 you must use testing version so in this moment you are destructing the stable base of potato distribution (mail me anybody if i am wrong) ( and libc6 isn't the only thing X4 needs ;) ) i had the same problem that's why i've upgraded to woody and that's my advice to you -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am Martin Kacerovsky, student of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Charles University in Prague, in the Czech Republic, in Europe, on Earth, in the Universe where Linux operating system rules... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a look at http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha/xf410_potato/ Using these debs it should be possible to make XFree 4.1 work on potato. -- Harald Iwe
