X.org from FC3/Test2 on FC2 system?

[Jose Celestino]

Words by Nifty Hat Mitch [Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 04:35:18PM -0700]:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 06:08:51PM -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
> > 
> > How foolish would it be to installed the X.org packages from FC3/Test2 on 
> > my FC2 system?  
> > 
> > (My interest in the current version of X.org stems from the fact that the 
> > FC2 packages (v6.7.x) do not support 3D on my video controller.  Support 
> > for 3D on this hardware is one of the new features of the FC3/T2 (v6.8.x) 
> > packages.
> > 
> > Any thoughts?
> 
> The only way to know is to try it (or a lot of work).
> Since booting to runlevel 3 is a safety net for x problems
> you might just try it.
> 
> With good notes you will know which packages to
> replace if you have a problem.
> 

It works fine. Just remember to install fonts-xorg* packages in place of xorg-x11-*fonts
and to install xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-3.

Did that with no problem at all.

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