On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 17:16 +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote: > >> Load "dri" # This shouldn't be available choice is user has selected > >> driver vga, vesa or nv. > > Why, what's the problem with loading this module in that case? > > Not a problem with those actually, but it becomes problem for some people > when changing to NVidia propietary drivers from one of them as it doesn't > use DRI.. and loading "dri" results "unresolved symbols" (in Xorg.0.log)
I don't think the Debian X packages should go out of their way to deal with proprietary driver issues. In particular, the nv driver may very well get DRI support in the future. > >> Load "extmod" # This is okay, but if you look into "man xorg.conf" > >> you'll find option NOT to include DGA extension with extmod, and for a > >> good reason.. DGA causes instability as it access videoram without > >> consulting X about it. > > That functionality is only available to clients running as root by > > default. The DGA extension is much more widely used for its absolute > > mouse movement functionality, which poses no security risk. So this is > > fine as it is IMO. > > But still, there could be an option to leave DGA out from extmod? Maybe > with a note/warning, that some applications require DGA. Seems overkill to me, but a patch might still get accepted. > >> Load "vbe" # I believe this gets automatically loaded also, but about > >> this one.. I'm not 100% positive. > > That's right I believe. > > I just checked my Xorg.0.log (actually i'm using a custom one, 7.0 now..) > but I didn't see "vbe" there. I guess I was wrong about it. It's for > video4linux? *clueless* No, VBE stands for Vesa BIOS Extensions. The module isn't used by all drivers, and those that use it should load it on demand. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
