On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:00:20 +0100 "Armin K." <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/11/2012 11:16 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > +# This driver is known to cause issues configuring the server on x86 and > > x86_64 > > +# Uncomment if you have the appropriate hardware and choose not to use the > > +# evdev driver. > > +#xf86-input-synaptics-1.6.1.tar.bz2 > > Evdev driver does not handle advanced touchpad stuff like multitaping, > scrolling and such. Also, this driver is required for gnome stuff where > xorg-synaptics is looked for. That's right, the synaptics driver is much better than the evdev driver for touchpads, I've been installing it by default on all my systems for years and it doesn't cause any problems. > > +xf86-video-nv-2.1.18.tar.bz2 > > I'd rather replace this driver with Nouveau. I'll add it Thanks. Is the nv driver still supported? It's been about 18 months since I've used an Nvidia graphics card but back then the nv driver didn't work and nouveau did. > > +# This driver is known to cause issues configuring the server on x86 > > +# and x86_64. Uncomment if you have the appropriate hardware. > > +#xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.906.tar.bz2 > > Again, wrong wording. VIA OpenChrome is x86 or x86_64 ... Also, I have > never had any problems with it lately. Me too. I install it as I have a via chipset on the motherboard of my router/server and (although it doesn't work particularly well - Eg, no DRI) the openchrome driver doesn't cause any problems on any of the other systems. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
