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 -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
