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MacFlecknoe
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 Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 5:46 am Post subject: need to downgrade xfree86 |
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Can someone explain to me how to downgrade xfree86 to 4.2?
The currnet 3d drivers I am using are not compatible with 4.3 (which I JUST found out after upgrading).
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Shigure
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | emerge /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree/xfree-4.2.0-r12.ebuild |
should do the trick for downgrading.
If you would like to keep it from being updated in emerge -u world, you can perm mask it for now. To do so, make a file in /etc/portage/ (You will probally need to create the directory.)called package.mask, and stick the following in it.
| Code: | <x11-base/xfree-4.2.0-r12
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Hope that helps.  |
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J.M.I.T.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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why don't you just install new 3d drivers for your graphics card? what graphics card are you using?
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MacFlecknoe
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| prosavageddr; there are no 3d drivers available that are compatilbe with 4.3. |
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MacFlecknoe
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Shigure, I tried that last night and ended up with a problem. Though x would start, kdm would not. Evidently something I upgraded dealing with kde is dependant on 4.3? |
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Shigure
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Hrm. If you could post the error message kdm is exiting out with, I could maybe figure out what's going on. |
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