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Re: Was: X.org on nvidia?



On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 02:25:35AM -0800, Jason Edson wrote:
> This is from dpkg on freenode in #debian:
> 
> " xorg is an alternative X implementation (fork of XFree86 4.4RC2) from 
> X.Org, current release is X11R6.8. It won't be packaged for Debian until 
> after Sarge release. See 
> http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml#debianplans 
> for more information. Ask me about 'get xorg' for unofficial xorg debs"
> 
> 
Thanks for the info; I am somewhat cut-off from news as the Internet is
more of a batch-operated medium - considering that I am sitting behind a
56k modem at the moment. 
> 
> Andreas Rippl wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 09:18:41PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>I'm thinking about migrating from xfree86 to x.org on my Sid system, 
> >>though given I have a nVidia chipset, I'm wondering what kinds of 
> >>problems I am likely to have.
> >>
> >>* Is there good GL support (ie, capable of running UT2004 or America's
> >> Army) for nvidia cards in x.org?
> >>
> >>* If not, do the nVidia official xfree86 drivers work with x.org?
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >On a related note, what are the plans for x.org to migrate into Debian?
> >Will it be on hold until Sarge becomes stable?
> >
> > 
> >
> 
-- 
Andreas Rippl -- I prefer encrypted mail

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