Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 01:16:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Discussion List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: XFree86 require upgrade 2.1.7 -> 2.2? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970417011347.21636A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OS2.3.95.970416231808.92A-100000@warp4>
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The 2.1.6 XFree86 will work fine with 2.1.7, it's not a problem security-wise. And I feel I have to point out that although nothing exciting is happening with 2.1.7, that doesn't mean it's dead. Bug fixes still appear, and the server that I run with it is robust and fast and a pleasure to work with. But then, I think excitement is the last thing a server OS needs. :) On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Jeff Roberts wrote: > Greetings! > > I have recently been informed that, because the XFree86 3.2 > that came with my 2.1.7-RELEASE doesn't work with my Trident ProVidia 9685 > (even at generic VGA settings -- just turns the monitor off), I have to > upgrade to the 3.2A beta if I want a working system (text-mode UNIX on a > single-user system is about as useful as MS-DOS to me). > > I checked the d/l sites, and the only FreeBSD distributions for 3.2A are > for 2.1.6 and 2.2 . Since my Walnut Creek 2.1.7 claims to be a security > release (fixing the problems in 2.1.6), the 2.1.6 version doesn't sound > like an option -- which leaves me with 2.2 . I just bought 2.1.7 about a > month ago, and I'm not very happy about having to buy or download > another whole system and store it on my hard drive because there won't > be any more support for my brand-new, obsolete 2.1.7 . (It also seems a > bit cheesy for Walnut Creek to sell me, someone new to FreeBSD, an > operating system for $45 that is basically dead in the water.) > > If I want to be able to use 3.2A or higher XFree86 on FreeBSD, am I going > to have to move to 2.2 ? What would that entail? A full upgrade? > Should I just return the CD and ask for my money back? > > Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Jeff Roberts >>>> jroberts@ashland.edu <<<< strider@acm.org > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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