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From: Giles B. <lay...@th...> - 2001-05-04 01:50:33
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Hi Sven, On 03-May-01, you wrote: >> I just tried that, and X aborts because it says it's an unknown option. >> No mention of that option in the man page for XF86Config either... At >> least not in 3.3.6 release of X. Is it a 4.0 thing or am I just missing >> something? > > mmm, you are using 3.3.6, this explains a lot of things. I was afraid someone would say that... ;) > 3.3.6 has not been worked on for the bvision since a long time, it would > be better to try using 4.0.x, it is faster and so. > > That said, i think there are potato compiled ppc packages of Xfree 4.0.x > around somewhere, don't know for sure though. But maybe you would want to > upgrade to testing or unstable now, the woody release is not that far > away, i think. I've had a hunt around on a debian mirror for anything looking like v4 and I had no luck, even in the woody or unstable directories. I also checked out XFree86.org and they don't have a PPC binary - most inconsiderate of them! :) Anyone know where this elusive beasty might be lurking on the net? Thanks, Giles -- \ | | | / \ / - (0) (0) - +------.ooo0----\_/-----0ooo.-----------+ | | | Giles Burdett | | http://www.the-giant-sofa.demon.co.uk | | | +-------------------0ooo.---------------+ .ooo0 ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( \_/ \_/ |