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I just installed woody and tried to install xfree86 4.3 on my notebook (presario 2800).
I did not config the original xfree 4.1 that came with, instead I installed 4.3 using the binaries, it all seemed fine until the install finished and I wanted to run XFree86 -config from /usr/X11R6/bin.
I can't remember the error msg, but it doesn't seem to allow me to run XFree86 as a program.
BTW, i can't config via xf86config either.
Just out of curiosity, why do you need X 4.3? There is a backport of X 4.2.1 for Woody which should work fine (see http://www.apt-get.org for details) if you want it, but no 4.3 backport (mainly because 4.3 isn't officially in unstable yet either).
Actually it's dpkg-reconfigure (no space). But he didn't install the packages because there ARE no Woody X 4.3 packages (unless he knows more than I do), so this command won't help.
Also, there's no need to remove any previous versions manually. That's what dependencies are for. If two versions are going to conflict, the package system should know that and should prevent you from installing them both.
I recommend you to fix this problem first, then go to anther kernel.
Some other problems might occur there too and you should be able to know where does the problem come from.
maybe the drivers do not support the dri module?
try commenting the lines
Code:
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
EndSubSection
first.
if it doesn't work try commenting just the
module "dri" line and see if it work.
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XFree86 4.3 on woody, can't run XFree86 -Config
