Re: XFree86 3.3.6 available for slink.
Vincent - Thanks for compiling this latest version for slink. I need
3.3.4 or later for a Matrox G400 board and 3.3.5 was not working. I
down-loaded the pre-compiled glibc2 3.3.6 version of XF86_SVGA server
from the XFree86 web site and have been using it for the last couple
of days without problems; however, I haven't attempted to run a tk
application yet. Other than potential problems with tk apps, what
other problems can be anticipated with pre-compiled servers from
XFree86? Is it not a good idea in general to down-load the latest
pre-compiled servers? There has been some discussion about this in
the past, and I thought the consensus was that it was ok to replace
the server with the latest pre-compiled version.
> I've just recompiled XFree 3.3.6 for slink and uploaded it on my webpage.
>
> For apt users the appropriate sources.list line is:
> deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main
>
> It can also be downloaded directly from
> http://www.debian.org/~vincent/dists/xfree-update/main/binary-i386/
>
> The changes between this version and Branden's are minimal: I just
> had to persuade the build system that tcl/tk 8.0 should be used instead of
> 8.2.
>
> As usual, my X updates are in no way official; so in case of problem don't
> submit a bug report and don't bother Branden either: report any problem
> directly to me.
>
> Cordialement,
>
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> - Vincent RENARDIAS vincent@{{ldsol,pipo}.com,{debian,openhardware}.org} -
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