From: Michel <mic...@ii...> - 2001-02-23 14:45:03
|
René Thol wrote: > > Don't bother. Try to get 4.0.2 working. Or at least 4.0.1 from SuSE. Look > > at the suse/ppc/X directory on your favourite SuSE mirror, use 'rpm -Uhv' > > to install RPMs (add --nodeps and --force as needed). > > There are 3 x dirs within the suse/ppc/7.0/suse tree. Last time I got all of > the files which belongs to XFree (and more, like the if* files) and > installed them. > But I could not say if they were used be X or if still the old parts were > running (did not know the log-file hint!). I think the parts within the x1 > dir should be enough, but I don't know! > > I also could not recognize speed increase or similar, Because there is still no hardware acceleration except for ther B/CVisionPPC boards. > I'd say X became even more unstable.And: SAX did not work any longer > (perhaps cause I installed also the version for XFree4, but that did not run > on my Linux?! SAX started always, the screen became white and ... I had to > press Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga in order to get out of this mess!!). For this (the > SAX-) reason I think that it will give confusion again if I install the > XFree86-4 parts on my Linux. Just don't run SaX. ;) > Thats are the reasons which prevent my from a new try of XFree4 > installation! But If I'll do it anyhow, do I have to replace the XF86Config > in /etc with the XFConfig-4 or not? /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > By the way: Did you also install the Xloader with XFree86-4? Yes, that's where the actual X server binary is. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member |