Re: XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-11 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 12:12:13PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > * Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000910 01:16]: > > As I understand it, 3rd party modules have to pick a name that isn't > > already in use by XFree86. Hence "nvidia" instead of XFree86's "nv". > > When I installed my matrox-

Re: XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-11 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 03:16:14AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 02:39:07PM +0200, Alain Schroeder wrote: > > Is there any plan to split all the drivers into their own package? > > Not at this time. I thought about it a long time ago when I first started > familiarizing

Re: XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-11 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 12:12:13PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > * Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000910 01:16]: > > As I understand it, 3rd party modules have to pick a name that isn't > > already in use by XFree86. Hence "nvidia" instead of XFree86's "nv". > > When I installed my matrox

Re: XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-11 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 03:16:14AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 02:39:07PM +0200, Alain Schroeder wrote: > > Is there any plan to split all the drivers into their own package? > > Not at this time. I thought about it a long time ago when I first started > familiarizin

Re: XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-10 Thread Seth R Arnold
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000910 01:16]: > As I understand it, 3rd party modules have to pick a name that isn't > already in use by XFree86. Hence "nvidia" instead of XFree86's "nv". When I installed my matrox-supplied mga_drv, I had to replace the XF86-supplied mga_drv. Should some

Re: XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-10 Thread Seth R Arnold
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000910 01:16]: > As I understand it, 3rd party modules have to pick a name that isn't > already in use by XFree86. Hence "nvidia" instead of XFree86's "nv". When I installed my matrox-supplied mga_drv, I had to replace the XF86-supplied mga_drv. Should som

Re: XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-10 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 02:39:07PM +0200, Alain Schroeder wrote: > Is there any plan to split all the drivers into their own package? Not at this time. I thought about it a long time ago when I first started familiarizing myself with the XFree86 4 way of doing things, and rapidly came to the conc

Re: XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-10 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 02:39:07PM +0200, Alain Schroeder wrote: > Is there any plan to split all the drivers into their own package? Not at this time. I thought about it a long time ago when I first started familiarizing myself with the XFree86 4 way of doing things, and rapidly came to the con

XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-09 Thread Alain Schroeder
Is there any plan to split all the drivers into their own package? I´m just asking, because it´s likely, that we will have non-free x-server drivers... Well at least, if non-free still exists (I haven´t really followed that discussion). Or there are any other ideas about the nvidia and mga drive

XFree 4.0 drivers

2000-09-09 Thread Alain Schroeder
Is there any plan to split all the drivers into their own package? I´m just asking, because it´s likely, that we will have non-free x-server drivers... Well at least, if non-free still exists (I haven´t really followed that discussion). Or there are any other ideas about the nvidia and mga driv