Re: rhetorical question regarding X...
Phil Fraering wrote:
>
> After reading the recent news regarding X11 on the new
> Firewire Powerbooks, and that someone has gotten the
> current X working on then (albeit using UseFBDev),
Why 'albeit'? UseFBDev is a feature. In fact, we plan to replace it with a
non-driver-specific solution which will have basically the same effect as
making it on by default.
> I feel I have to ask which I should be doing: using the
> old version of xfree I have now, or updating to the new
> one.
It's your decision, but now you know that UseFBDev doesn't matter. :)
> When the new one wasn't working with my system and the old
> config file, I downgraded to the old one, and due to some
> rearrangement of things in X, I had to use --force-overwrite.
That's probably because packages are only supposed to be upgraded ;)
> What's the best thing to do? Just stay with what I have, or get
> back to the standard Unstable system?
What about testing? Granted, there are problems getting X4 in, but I think
it's a good compromise if you want to avoid the pitfalls of unstable.
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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