Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 00:13:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> 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.BSF.3.96.970417001101.10694W-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OS2.3.95.970416231808.92A-100000@warp4>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Jeff Roberts wrote: > 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 . No, the 2.1.6 version is safe. You're looking at the X server only, a single binary. You don't have to upgrade the libs and whatnot, just pull the X server that covers the Trident (specific Trident accelerated or SVGA) and overlay your existing server, and repoint /usr/X11R6/bin/X to it. I had to do this in the 3.1.2 beta series when the Mach64's changed chipset and the old release didn't work with them. It was extract-and-copy for three or four cycles. Never a problem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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