Hello.

I posted this on SLACKWAREHELP.COM, but since I got only one answer, I am not quite sure what to do Here is the issue:

I run Slackware 10.1, which comes with X 8.1.

I use slackpkg to update although I do this quite rarely.

I want to keep my system (Slackware 10.1) but upgrade only X to that version that comes with Slackware 10.2 (X 8.2) or Slackware Current (X 9.0).

Is it possible? I suppose it is, I have just to put a mirror for Slackware Current in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors. But will this mess up the system?

The reason I want to do this is that sometimes X freezes when I want to exit (for example GNOME or FLUXBOX). This never happened with Slackware 10.2, and it does not happen with Slackware 10.1 if I have GDM (runlevel 4, not 3). But still X behaves strange sometimes on Slackware 10.1. The reason I dont switch to Slackware 10.2 is that I use GNOME and in *my* oppinion Freerock or Dropline are not stable enough and have more bugs than the default GNOME of Slackware 10.1. When Slackware 11 comes out with 2.6 series Kernel, I will think again about Dropline.

Please, give some suggestions!

Thank you.

Just a quick suggestion....Install the 10.2, then install the gnome packages from 10.1 (Actually, from 10.0....same difference, lol)
I did that, worked fine. (I have since uninstalled gnome, not for me.)

hei,

I was thinking about this as well. Does it work ok? I should try it. But still, I would prefer to keep my old system (cuz I have packed with checkinstall from source so many things for Slackware 10.1. I suppose they will work satisfactory on Slackware 10.2, but still...)

Thanks for the suggestion.