On Fri June 9 2006 19:22, Steve Langasek wrote:
BTW, all the evidence I have so far suggests xorg 7.0 is completely broken
on alpha; I haven't had time to dig into it enough yet to file a bug report
though. In your case, I guess it doesn't hurt to upgrade if your video
already doesn't work, I just would suggest not expecting too many miracles
from 7.0 just yet.
Here's one success story. I just upgraded a couple of days ago, and
everything (include X) is still running fine... : )
Hardware & XOrg Packages:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c)
ii xserver-xorg 7.0.18 the X.Org X server
ii xserver-xorg-core 1.0.2-8 X.Org X server -- core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse1.0.4-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.5.8.0-1 X.Org X server -- ATI display driver
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