reverting back to xorg 6.8 (10.2 xorg)
hi i upgraded to -current using swaret about 2 weeks ago. but the lastest xorg release 7.9?[?] conflicts with the latest radeon driver (x1900); it crashes when changing VTs.
i dont have "Rollback" thing on swaret so i have to do it manually, basically do i just remove all the packages named 7.9 (which relate to the packages below, and re-download the 7.8 ones? http://slackware.it/en/pb/browse.php?q=10.2/slackware/x |
Xorg has nothing to do with virtual terminals.
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You can use upgradepkg, even though you're downgrading. You can also remove all packages, then install the old ones. Be sure to back xorg.conf and stuff like that, because I'm not sure if removepkg deletes those or not.
Do Code:
# upgradepkg x11-6.9.0-i486-4%x11-6.8.2-i486-4 |
You don't even have to do that.
upgradepkg is nothing but removepkg + installpkg. It doesn't pay any attention to version numbers at all. I could "upgrade" from kernel 2.6.16 to 1.2.0 if i wanted. |
Actually that's not quite right. From the man page:
Code:
upgradepkg upgrades a Slackware .tgz package from an older version to a |
Yeah i noticed that too.
But i just tested it. I renamed gtk-gnutella-0.96-i486-1asw to gtk-gnutella-0.12-i486-1asw and i was successfully able to upgradepkg on it. My educated guess: upgradepkg doesn't check version numbers, it just checks package names. |
That's what I was thinking, too. Sounds reasonable.
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ok thanks guys. |
I just don't think that Xorg is the problem here, I think its the ATi driver. The latest ATi driver locks up when I log out of X to the console. 8.23.7 works fine, 8.24.8 freezes.
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