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[Donny George]

hello derek

thnk you for your reply

you are right derek

well i got free86 from http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.7.0/binaries/

i too am not at all sure which files it might have modified

i followed this link to do it http://www.xfree86.org/4.7.0/Install2.html#2

but as of now i only want to get my old gnome desktop back :(

donny


On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
wrote:

> Donny George wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > oh is there no other way other than a reinstall :(
> >
>
> Sure, but the problem is that we can not tell _which_ files have been
> replacd by your XFree86 install - you didn't even tell us where you got it.
>
> You _could_ try "sudo aptitude reinstall ~ixorg" - it will probably do the
> job, but I won't make any promises.
>
> In future, you really shouldn't install non-Ubuntu software unless you know
> what you're doing.
> --
> derek
>
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