Re: X + BVision + Debian + GNOME + Enlightenment problem

[Giles B. <lay...@th...>]

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

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