Re: modules pex5 and xie and X4.2

2002-07-08 Thread Neale Banks
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: But, according to the log, they don't exist. It's been suggested that modules pex5 and xie are deprecated (which could explain their not being able to be loaded ;-). They are no longer supported and no longer built by default. No

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apt-get error

2002-07-08 Thread Nicholas Spagnuolo
i got this while performing apt-get upgrade: setting up xbase-clients (4.1.0-16)... analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: /* LISTS THE CONTENTS OF /etc/X11 */ ERROR: /ETC/X11/xkb/xkbcomp is not a symbolic link. The package preinst script should have failed. Please report the package name, version

Re: 4.2 install report

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 09:49:56AM -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: On Jun 27, 2002 at 11:40 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: On Jun 27, 2002 at 10:05 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: BTW, can someone quickly explain what I do to try the new version of the package? I'm a Debian newbie, so I

Re: modules pex5 and xie and X4.2

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:15:04AM +1000, Neale Banks wrote: Greetings again, When I installed the 4.2 pre-release debs under woody, the generated config included the modules pex5 and xie. But, according to the log, they don't exist. It's been suggested that modules pex5 and xie are

Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 04:43:33PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote: Hi, OK, I've uploaded the packages to http://people.debian.org/~falk/xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1_alpha/ No changes were necessary, it built right out of the box. Excellent! Glad to hear it. Thanks for building these; I'll add

Re: apt-get error

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 08:12:48PM +0200, Nicholas Spagnuolo wrote: i got this while performing apt-get upgrade: setting up xbase-clients (4.1.0-16)... analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: /* LISTS THE CONTENTS OF /etc/X11 */ ERROR: /ETC/X11/xkb/xkbcomp is not a symbolic link. The package

Re: modules pex5 and xie and X4.2

2002-07-08 Thread Neale Banks
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: But, according to the log, they don't exist. It's been suggested that modules pex5 and xie are deprecated (which could explain their not being able to be loaded ;-). They are no longer supported and no longer built by default. No

Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-07-08 Thread Falk Hueffner
Hi, OK, I've uploaded the packages to http://people.debian.org/~falk/xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1_alpha/ No changes were necessary, it built right out of the box. -- Falk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apt-get error

2002-07-08 Thread Nicholas Spagnuolo
i got this while performing apt-get upgrade: setting up xbase-clients (4.1.0-16)... analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: /* LISTS THE CONTENTS OF /etc/X11 */ ERROR: /ETC/X11/xkb/xkbcomp is not a symbolic link. The package preinst script should have failed. Please report the package name, version

Re: 4.2 install report

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 09:49:56AM -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: On Jun 27, 2002 at 11:40 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: On Jun 27, 2002 at 10:05 -0400, Thatcher Ulrich wrote: BTW, can someone quickly explain what I do to try the new version of the package? I'm a Debian newbie, so I

Re: modules pex5 and xie and X4.2

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:15:04AM +1000, Neale Banks wrote: Greetings again, When I installed the 4.2 pre-release debs under woody, the generated config included the modules pex5 and xie. But, according to the log, they don't exist. It's been suggested that modules pex5 and xie are

Re: XFree86 4.2 Debian packages for Alpha

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 04:43:33PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote: Hi, OK, I've uploaded the packages to http://people.debian.org/~falk/xfree86_4.2.0-0pre1v1_alpha/ No changes were necessary, it built right out of the box. Excellent! Glad to hear it. Thanks for building these; I'll add

Re: apt-get error

2002-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 08:12:48PM +0200, Nicholas Spagnuolo wrote: i got this while performing apt-get upgrade: setting up xbase-clients (4.1.0-16)... analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp: /* LISTS THE CONTENTS OF /etc/X11 */ ERROR: /ETC/X11/xkb/xkbcomp is not a symbolic link. The package

xfree86 4.2.0-0pre1v1 on woody, yet another

2002-07-08 Thread Martin Maney
Unlike Neale Banks, I saw the failed dependency in Branden's packages and thought I'd try a minimal-effort backport. (I've gone down cascading dependency hell street once or twice before, and wanted to avoid it if I could.) The source file set wasn't much bigger than the packages I would have