XDSL0.6 Xorg

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Updating Updating X-DSL's Xfree86 to Xorg Tutorial (WIP)

I did this using a fresh native install of XDSL. I would suggest you do the same as I ran into a few dependency problems doing it on my current installation

Pre-Configuring

1. Install 'GNU Utils', 'GTK2', 'Libc6' and 'Enabl Apt' through fluxbox's menu (right click anywhere on the desktop) under XDSL Upgrades

2. Install 'Xfree86', which is again under XDSL Upgrades > Upgrade Display. Once finished, let it reboot X. If you dont use 640x480 resolution, i suggest you edit '/etc/X11/XF86Config-4' to suit your resolution before X reboots.

3. edit '/etc/apt/sources.list' to look like this:

     #deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/ woody main contrib non-free
     #deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian oldstable main contrib non-free
     #deb http://mirror.linux.org.au/debian oldstable main contrib non-free
     #deb http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/debian oldstable main contrib non-free
     deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
     deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
     deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
     #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
     #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free

4. Start Aterm, do a

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get -o APT::Force-LoopBreak=yes findutils

We will need to locate some files later on, and this actually gets us some needed packages too. Press enter if it asks to overwrite a config file, pressing enter will default to no. 5. Type

$ sudo mv /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/X11R6/bin2

Otherwise apt will complain about the 'bin' folder containing files. Dont worry, we will move the files back later on. Also, type

$ sudo dpkg --purge atmelwlandriver-tools

to remove a conflicting package. As far as i can tell, this package really isnt needed and hasnt caused any problems so far

Downloading/Installing Xorg

6. Now to get Xorg, its a 40mb download so it may take a while if you have a slow connection. Type

$ sudo apt-get install x11-common xbase-clients xserver-xorg

to start the download going. While its Configuring/setting up/installing, it will also ask about overwriting config files. Once again, just press enter to say no to any changes. At the end, a blue screen will pop up asking you to configure Xorg, just select anything here as it will fail to write the xorg.conf file anyway (which doesnt matter as we need to add our own)

7.Type

$ sudo mv /usr/X11R6/bin2/* /usr/X11R6/bin/

to place the moved files back where they belong.

8. Download updated NvXbox driver. Once its downloaded type

$ dpkg -i <path-to-file>/xserver-xorg-video-nvxbox_1.0.1-1_i386.deb

to install the driver 9. Type

$ updatedb

to update locate's database. this may take a minute or two. Once done, type

$ locate rgb

and look for a file called 'rgb.txt'. There may be multiple rgb files (i had one in /etx/X11/rgb.txt and one in /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt). Now Open /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 in a text editor and add the rgb.txt location as follows (dont add the .txt extension):

  Section "Files"
        RgbPath "/<path-to-folder/rgb"
	FontPath "blahblahblah"
	FontPath "blahblahblah"
       EndSection

10. In Aterm, type

$ sudo apt-get install aterm

to re-install Aterm as it actually gets removed during the update, and your going to need a terminal.

11. press Crtl+Alt+Delete to exit the current Xserver, and once back at the prompt, X should start and it should boot into XFree86 with no preoblems.

note, the first time you boot into X11, the desktop icons may pop up a bit later than everything else, but will return to normal upon next boot.