Re: [gentoo-alpha] Need X testers on Alpha. I think we've got it this time.

[Matt Turner-3]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Geoff Martin <geoffmartin@...> wrote:
>      I have a 164LX with a Matrox Millennium II and a "just installed"
> Debian Lenny, all hardware is the same as 10 years ago : ). Can I help you
> with the test? what do I need to do?

In general, you need to install the xserver's dependencies, then using
git, clone my repository, and compile and install the code.

I'm not a Debian user, so I'm not sure what's the best way to do this.
Maybe someone else with Debian knowledge can help.

If you can put up with more compiling, Gentoo has some nice overlays
which automate much of this process.

Thanks,
Matt


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[Jarod Wilson-4]

On 10/8/09 9:56 AM, Matt Turner wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Geoff Martin<geoffmartin@...>  wrote:
>>       I have a 164LX with a Matrox Millennium II and a "just installed"
>> Debian Lenny, all hardware is the same as 10 years ago : ). Can I help you
>> with the test? what do I need to do?
>
> In general, you need to install the xserver's dependencies, then using
> git, clone my repository, and compile and install the code.
>
> I'm not a Debian user, so I'm not sure what's the best way to do this.
> Maybe someone else with Debian knowledge can help.

Not a Debian user either, but I believe...

apt-get build-dep <name of X server package>

...should do the trick, more or less.

(and equivalently, 'yum-builddep xorg-x11-server-Xorg' on Fedora)

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[Matt Turner-3]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod@...> wrote:

> On 10/8/09 9:56 AM, Matt Turner wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Geoff Martin<geoffmartin@...>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>      I have a 164LX with a Matrox Millennium II and a "just installed"
>>> Debian Lenny, all hardware is the same as 10 years ago : ). Can I help
>>> you
>>> with the test? what do I need to do?
>>
>> In general, you need to install the xserver's dependencies, then using
>> git, clone my repository, and compile and install the code.
>>
>> I'm not a Debian user, so I'm not sure what's the best way to do this.
>> Maybe someone else with Debian knowledge can help.
>
> Not a Debian user either, but I believe...
>
> apt-get build-dep <name of X server package>
>
> ...should do the trick, more or less.

Thanks. I just wonder if it'll pull in the needed versions? X from git
will require newer versions of various packages than xserver-1.5 or
whatever version is available in Debian.

I guess an alternative is to use Peter Hutterer's X super module, but
I'm not too familiar with that either.

I should also say that anyone interested in testing is encouraged to
join our #alpha IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.

Matt


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[Julien Cristau-6]

On Thu, Oct  8, 2009 at 10:05:32 -0400, Matt Turner wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod@...> wrote:
> > Not a Debian user either, but I believe...
> >
> > apt-get build-dep <name of X server package>
> >
> > ...should do the trick, more or less.
>
> Thanks. I just wonder if it'll pull in the needed versions? X from git
> will require newer versions of various packages than xserver-1.5 or
> whatever version is available in Debian.
>

The build-dependencies for xorg-server 1.7 are all in Debian's
"experimental" repo (some libs may not be built for alpha yet, but they
shouldn't be needed to build the Xorg server).

Cheers,
Julien


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[Karl Goetz-4]

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:59:11 -0400
Jarod Wilson <jarod@...> wrote:

Leaving all the CCs in place, sorry to those who don't need this info.

> On 10/8/09 9:56 AM, Matt Turner wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Geoff
> > Martin<geoffmartin@...>  wrote:
> >>       I have a 164LX with a Matrox Millennium II and a "just
> >> installed" Debian Lenny, all hardware is the same as 10 years
> >> ago : ). Can I help you with the test? what do I need to do?
> >
> > In general, you need to install the xserver's dependencies, then
> > using git, clone my repository, and compile and install the code.
> >
> > I'm not a Debian user, so I'm not sure what's the best way to do
> > this. Maybe someone else with Debian knowledge can help.
>
> Not a Debian user either, but I believe...
>
> apt-get build-dep <name of X server package>
>
> ...should do the trick, more or less.
>
> (and equivalently, 'yum-builddep xorg-x11-server-Xorg' on Fedora)

I think this'll do it for any Debian people who are wondering.

"""
su root
echo "deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian sid main" \
 > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sid-source.list

apt-get update

apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg
"""

Also, its worth noting Alpha is no longer a release candidate for
Squeeze.
kk

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