Re: XFree86-3.3.3 has been released
On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 03:01:49PM +0100, Bart Schuller wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 02:41:29PM +0100, joost@pc47.mpn.cp.philips.com wrote:
> > The new code seems mostly limited to new servers for new chipsets. That
> > means that it's either relatively new code or no code. If I had a cutting
> > edge videocard, I'd happily go with the new, supposedly experimental, code
> > rather than have no server at all. If possible bugs in the new code are a
>
> Fully agreed.
>
> I have been suffering from needles upgrade problems with every X package
> because the Suse server uses /etc/XF86Config and the Debian setup views
A simple symlink will deal with that!
> that as an error. I've had my FireGL 1000 Pro for more than half a year,
> all that time without proper Debian support.
I've got the same card. But you're forgetting a larger problem with the
SuSE drivers: they support only the platform that SuSE runs on, namely,
i386. Debian runs on Alpha, (Ultra)Sparc, m68k, PowerPC, ARM, etc. The
i386-only SuSE drivers are useless for all these people. Fortunately, the
manufacturer of my computer was kind enough to include a Metro-X for Alpha
license for free, but it's got a couple of bothersome bugs.
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John Goerzen Linux, Unix consulting & programming jgoerzen@complete.org |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade) www.debian.org |
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