[vox-tech] XFree86 4.2.0 on debian?

Rod Roark vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 19:32:14 -0700


You might also consider Gentoo.  Very up-to-date packages,=20
and you install only the pieces you want.

-- Rod
   http://www.sunsetsystems.com/

On Friday 06 September 2002 07:07 pm, Ryan wrote:
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> I've just ordered one of those nifty all-in-wonder radeon 7500s for a b=
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> to serve as a movie player/retrogaming system/pvr/music player, and wou=
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> really like to use debian (probably sid or sarge) but the video card in
> question requires XFree86 4.2.0. Does anyone know if there are debian
> packages for XFree86 4.2.0?
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> The driver support page for the card in question is at http://gatos.sf.=
net/
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> I do want to spend as little time as possible settings things up.
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> I also wanted to know how stable sid was. I plan on running a pretty
> minimal set of programs, so all I relally need to work is X, hardware
> support and my multimedia software.