xorg on debian!
 

I been searching this board without result i needed and been trying atp-get...

i just installed latest "stable" release of debain since i couldn't find any "testing" release, problay isn't one guess ;)

what i want is xorg installed and not xfree86, reason for that is xfree86 don't work on my system for some reason and i used xorg on slackware and it worked like a charm, so how do i install it, where do i get it, do i use apt-get or any other place?

please help, kinda stuck here :(

thx in advance!

/Kenny

I don't know why you couldn't find a testing release. The Debian download pages all seem to have links to the weekly testing builds clearly indicated. Following the links on debian.org about the various distros led me straight here, for example.

You don't need to go through all the trouble to reinstall though. You can upgrade your existing system from stable to testing with a simple "apt-get dist-upgrade" command (after adding the appropriate testing sources to your /etc/apt/sources.list first). You can learn all about using apt here; I suggest you make yourself familiar with the main parts of it before getting too deep into Debian. You'll doubtlessly be using it a lot. :)

Once you have your system set up, you should be able to install what you want with a simple "apt-get install xorg". It will probably uninstall the xfree86 stuff automatically when you do it, or you could uninstall it manually with apt before you begin. It will also run an interactive configuration script when you install it, so make sure you know what settings you need to have before you begin.

There are occasional problems with conflicts when you make big changes like this, so you may have to run the installation more than once, or run "apt-get -f install" to fix a broken installation. This should all be covered in the how-to I linked to above though.

Thx alot for info!
I'm not sure myself why i didn't find it, guess bad luck ;)

I sure try what u wrote and hopefully it works!

Have you tried searching from www.google.com/linux?

There can be some issues when transitioning from Xfree86 to Xorg, and, depending on your video card, you may want to read up first before making the change. It might save you from some headaches.

Are you sure that xfree86 doesn't work for you? have you tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and selecting the correct driver for your video card, right horizontal/vertical refresh rate for your monitor, correct mouse type, etc? This might save you a lot of work..if you remove xfree86 you're probably going to have to upgrade everything to testing. Or you can try backports if you really need it.

Cheers,