[techtalk] apt-got xfree 4.0.1

Kath ranger at optonline.net
Wed Nov 8 16:03:45 EST 2000


Not sure about this, but try going to a console (Cntrl Alt F2), dpkg --purge
the offending 4.0.1 packages, and switch back to stable and apt-get the
3.3.6 ones.

But PLEASE get someone elses ok on this, I don't want to bork your system
with my ramblings.

- Kath


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sunnanvind Briling" <atog at swipnet.se>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 11:43 AM
Subject: [techtalk] apt-got xfree 4.0.1


> Well, I heard that Xfree 4.0.1 was coming in to debian-unstable, and that
it was foolish to upgrade.
> I am that fool. :)
> Now, X doesn't start, what are the steps to get it running?
> Sunnan
> (I have a notebook screen and I read somewhere that Xfree 4 would not
flicker as the old one does when combined with a framebuffer console.)
>
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