On Tuesday 20 December 2005 12:10, Jan de Groot wrote: > Hi Archers, > > Today X.org 7.0RC4 will hit testing. This new release will bring us > modularization, which means you don't have to install each and every > driver, every font or every application. > Another big change in X.org 7.0 is the location. During the 6.x > releases, X.org and Xfree86 have lived in /usr/X11R6. Starting from > X.org 7.0, it will continue the rest of its life in /usr. This brings > some problems with it: > > - Old packages expect X.org in /usr/X11R6 > - Configuration files (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) need updating > > Besides updating configurations, other modifications need attention too: > - Drivers are modular, install the drivers you need, failing to do so > will render X useless > - OpenGL is provided by mesa, which depends on a virtual package called > libgl. This virtual package is provided by libgl-dri, libgl-mesa or > either a binary driver that provides libGL.so. Upgrading to the latest > X.org or installing from scratch could install an unwanted version > library, please check this before filing bugs about lost OpenGL > acceleration. > > The default fontpath used in X.org is /usr/share/fonts now, instead of > the common used /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts or /usr/lib/X11/fonts. > > To make upgrading as easy as possible, a dummy xorg package will be > provided, which depends on at least every library, every driver and the > basic font requirements. > > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
I was just wondering if there are some instructions for this new version. I tried to upgrade and it went really bad. I changed my xorg.conf file to reflect the new locations of stuff, and added evdev to my mouse (Even created a udev rule for my mouse like I did for the 6.9 pkgbuild that workes great btw), and reinstalled nvidia. The machine now complains about pcidev and some other modules that are needed but not found. I dont even load those modules;even when I tried, it still could not find them. Sometimes, it simply locks up the the interface and I have to ssh in and kill stuff. Over all, this testing upgrade is no where near something I can do without some kind of instructions. For the time being, I have taken my machines out of testing to avoid the upgrade. Any assistance is welcome. For the record, I have used the pkgbuild for the 6.9.X-rc3 and that is working great. What happend between that release the the one in testing? Thanks!!! Joe _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
