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On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 10/8/09 9:56 AM, Matt Turner wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Geoff Martin<geoffmartin@×××××.com> |
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>>> I have a 164LX with a Matrox Millennium II and a "just installed" |
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>>> Debian Lenny, all hardware is the same as 10 years ago : ). Can I help |
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>>> you |
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>>> with the test? what do I need to do? |
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>> In general, you need to install the xserver's dependencies, then using |
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>> git, clone my repository, and compile and install the code. |
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>> I'm not a Debian user, so I'm not sure what's the best way to do this. |
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>> Maybe someone else with Debian knowledge can help. |
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> Not a Debian user either, but I believe... |
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> apt-get build-dep <name of X server package> |
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> ...should do the trick, more or less. |
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Thanks. I just wonder if it'll pull in the needed versions? X from git |
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will require newer versions of various packages than xserver-1.5 or |
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whatever version is available in Debian. |
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I guess an alternative is to use Peter Hutterer's X super module, but |
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I'm not too familiar with that either. |
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I should also say that anyone interested in testing is encouraged to |
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join our #alpha IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. |
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Matt |