Re: XFree86 and Debian

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On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 12:20, Juan Carlos Rodriguez Viejó wrote:
> Yap men, but do you know a easier way for downloading that backport, 
> and the way how I can update my xfree86 with this backport

You want to know how to install that backport onto Woody?
Have you searched http://www.apt-get.org/ for, say, xserver-xfree?

Looking through this page for "4.3" will tell you what to add to
your sources.list in order to get XFree86 v4.3 for Woody.
http://www.apt-get.org/search.php?query=xserver-xfree86&submit=&arch%5B%5D=i386 
> > On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 17:51, Thomas Winischhofer wrote:
> > > Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 11:41, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >>Basically - upgrade to a later XFree86 version. Your problem, 
> looks like
> > > >>it's a driver bug.
> > > >>
> > > >>You are running XFree86 4.1.0 that's over 2 years old.
> > > >>
> > > >>I'd try either XFree86 4.3.0 or the newly released XFree86 4.4.0.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Which means he'll have to upgrade to Debian Sarge, if he has a 
> > > > fast enough internet connection.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > There are backports of 4.3 for woody.
> > > 
> > > Thomas
> > 
> > Well good.  At http://www.apt-get.org/?

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