[vox-tech] XFree86 4.2.0 on debian?

[Stephen M. Helms]

Quoting "Stephen M. Helms" <smh@silkie.org>:

> 
> > > I am running sarge/testing on two of my systems both with XFree86
> > 4.2.0 and I am
> > > having no problems with it.  Just add the lines from Branen's page
> to
> > your
> > > /etc/apt/sources.list file and do an apt-get update && apt-get
> > upgrade.
> > > 
> > > That should do the trick for you.  If you need any help let me
> know.
> > 
> > Be careful of a security hole in 4.2.0 packages. See
> > people.debian.org/~branden for more info.
> 
> OK Ryan, Dmitri is right about checking for these security wholes.  You
> will
> just have to downgrade xlibs to 4.1.0-17 and any packages that depend on
> it. 
> Hopefully the Radeon's driver will not be affected.  The line for your
> /etc/apt/sources.list is below:
> 
> deb http://people.debian.org/~branden/sid/i386/
> 
Sorry the above should have a space after branden like this:

deb http://people.debian.org/~branden /sid/i386/

mirror site:

deb http://people.brainfood.com/~doogie/x4.2/mirror /sid/i386/

-Stephen