On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When a branch is marked stable all of the packages in that branch should > work,
I'm not sure this is always possible. Much of your complaint comes from the ipw2200 driver, which is new in 2.6.14. But the in-kernel version is several versions older than the external driver. So should 2.6.14 remain marked as unstable because of this one driver that works for some people, but not for others? Or because a specific externally maintained driver or package doesn't build against it? On my system, either the in-kernel or external drivers work fine. The only caveat is that I need firmware version 2.2 with the in-kernel drivers, and a different version for the external. If I am using the external version, the portage dependancy tree makes sure I have the right version of the firmware. But the kernel sources do not (and should not) depend upon the ipw2200-firmware package, so this is a case where I need to know the driver requirements. (Also, the kernel help specifies that the driver requires external firmware, although it doesn't specify what version.) Regarding the X.org issue, without an Xorg.0.log file, it is really impossible to say what the problem there is. It could be something as simple as your kernel configuration; for example leaving out I2C or AGP support could cause this. But in my view, you cannot take an existing xorg.conf file and expect it to work without any issues _without_ duplicating the same system configuration (kernel version, kernel config, and nvidia driver version). The fastest method of configuring X on a new system is to run "X -configure", test the resulting configuration, and use that xorg.conf file. Yes, this would use the opensource x.org Nv driver, but it should definitely work for getting X up and running. If this doesn't work, then you have reason to complain. If the proprietary nvidia driver doesn't work with a particular kernel version, you can only complain to nvidia. I'm quite sure a binary-based distribution would have worked better for you in this case, only because nothing would have been upgraded or changed. Everything that worked before would have continued to work, just like everything that was broken before would have continued to be broken. It is the price of progress, IMO. -Richard -- [email protected] mailing list
