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Re: xserver and Mesa updated

From: patrick keshishian (pkeshishgmail.com)
Date: Sun Nov 02 2008 - 12:13:11 CST


On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Matthieu Herrb <matthieu.herrblaas.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just committed in xenocara two updates to xserver 1.5.2 and to Mesa 7.2.
>
> There are 2 things that change from a configuration point of view after
> these updates, if you have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
>
> - remove the 'RgbPath' line in the 'ServerFlags' section. It's no longer
> recognized as an option. (Xorg now uses an internal RGB database).

Can you either give a bit more info on this or point me to a link on
this? I failed to google a useful phrase that would get me this info.

-pk

> - the xf86-video-i810 driver for older intel chipsets is no longer
> provided, since it's not compatible with the new libpciaccess way to
> access PCI configuration space. You should switch to the 'intel' driver.
>
> In case you find problems with this update, please report them here.
> Don't forget to include a precise description of the problem and a
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from the failing server.
> --
> Matthieu Herrb