Reconfiguring X

Wed Jan 28 16:03:10 UTC 2004

On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:43:14AM -0500, JohnWMcGregor-VsqqI1RANlHk1uMJSBkQmQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Here's a workaround that got my Radeon 7500 working on Woody (with a lot of help from a friend). Replace the X11 directory that is on your hard drive with the one that is generated by Knoppix. So far it seems to be working fine, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm a complete Debian newbie and there may be a lot of hidden traps that I haven't yet encountered.

A security update can blow away all your changes anytime.  Getting a
backport of a newer X version is much more reliable and much more
correct.

Use the package system, don't fight it.

Lennart Sorensen
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