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Re: XFree86 4.3.0



On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 06:49:20PM -0700, TongKe Xue wrote:
>   I am currently trying to install XFree86 4.3.0 (through the
> 4.3.0-p1v1 *.debs in the experimental section) on a laptop that uses
> an ati radeon mobility graphics card. How can I best document my
> successes/failures with the package so as to offer some kind of
> help/feedback back to the Debian community? (I guess I finally
> realized that new stuff "magically" works in new versions only due to
> human efforts/struggles with hardware/software that didn't work so
> well, and that perhaps, my struggle with the radeon mobility driver
> can contribute useful experience back to the debian community that
> I've learned so much from). Is this even the right email list for
> this? (I'm a bit confused by the description of the email list).

It is acceptable to report problems in the experimental packages to this
list.

I suggest enumerating the issues and sending them along in one message;
under each item, describe what you had to do to experience the problem.
e.g.:

1) hardware cursor doesn't work

   When I try to ..., the mouse cursor looks like ...

2) alt and meta keys are swapped

   [...]

3) xterm coredumps

   [...]

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |    I am sorry, but what you have
Debian GNU/Linux                   |    mistaken for malicious intent is
branden@debian.org                 |    nothing more than sheer
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |    incompetence!     -- J. L. Rizzo II

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