Re: X.org <-----> Xfree

vin_at_gpoppy.org
Date: 12/09/04

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    On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 11:22:55AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote:
    > On Thursday 09 December 2004 05:16, Jon Dowland wrote:
    > > I see a lot of discussion about packaging and which distro it may end up
    > > in but nothing about why you might want to use X.org instead of XFree :)
    >
    > So, if you're completely happy with the current state of XFree86 to the
    > point that you're willing to never upgrade, then stick with it. However,
    > if you're a developer of GPL software, or you want to buy a new graphics
    > card that's only supported by X.org (since manufacturers are loudly and
    > publically switching to support that distribution), or you want to use a
    > system that's still being actively developed, then you're pretty much stuck
    > upgrading to X.org.
    > --
    > Kirk Strauser

    hmm, I just installed the xorg package from apt-get.org, works like a
    charm, finally got to play tuxracer. I yanked XP off this laptop a year
    ago, did try a whole lot of stunts trying to get DRI going.

    (**) | |-->Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon IGP 340M"
    (--) PCI:*(1:5:0) ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 340M rev 0, Mem @
    0xd8000000/27, 0xd0300000/16, I/O @ 0x9000/8
            ATI Radeon IGP330/340/350 (A4) 4137,
                    ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2) 4337,
                    (II) ATI: Candidate "Device" section "ATI Technologies,
                    Inc. Radeon IGP 340M".
                    (--) Chipset ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2) 4337
                    found
                    (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M
                    (U2) 4337" (ChipID = 0x4337)

                    (II) RADEON(0): [drm] created "radeon" driver at busid
                    "pci:0000:01:05.0"
                    (II) RADEON(0): [dri] Visual configs initialized
                    (II) RADEON(0): [DRI] installation complete

            Yay!
                     

    --
cheers,
Vin



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