Re: 6.8.2 packages available anywhere?
Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I have to downgrade my system to
> 6.8.2 to overcome a few problems (primarily x.org buzilla id 5443). But now I
Yeah, this bit me too. :-/
> can't find xserver-xorg 6.8.2 anywhere.
>
> I seem to recall a server that contained old Debian packages. Or failing that
> does anyone have xserver-xorg 6.8.2 somewhere? Is it likely to work with the
> rest of 6.9.0 X or am I going to have to downgrade everything?
You'll run into DRI version skew, and consequently be stuck with
software rendering, unless you downgrade (and hold back)
xlib(os)mesa-* in addition to xserver-xorg(-dbg). Apart from that, I
haven't encountered any problems with mixing and matching versions.
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
Finger amu@monk.mit.edu (NOT a valid e-mail address) for more info.
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