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Bug#603455: release-notes: X notes for squeeze



On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:34:32 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:

> the following are a few X-related items I think should be mentioned in
> the release notes.  Hopefully I didn't forget anything important.  CC:ed
> to debian-x@.
> 
> The cyrix, imstt, nsc, sunbw2, vga and via X video drivers have been
> discontinued upstream, and thus removed.  If you use them, you'll need
> to switch to a generic driver, or to openchrome instead of via (the
> latter should happen automatically on upgrade).
> 
I guess I should add a paragraph about input drivers too.

The calcomp, citron, digitaledge, dmc, dynapro, elo2300, fpit, hyperpen,
jamstudio, magellan, microtouch, mutouch, palmax, spaceorb, summa,
tek4957 and ur98 X input drivers have been discontinued and are not
included in squeeze.  Users of these devices might want to switch to a
suitable kernel driver and the evdev X driver.  For many serial
devices, the inputattach utility allows attaching them to a Linux input
device which can be recognized by the evdev X driver.

Cheers,
Julien

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