On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Lanman wrote:
> Jim McQuillan wrote: > > Lanman, > > Jim; Doh! Thanks! > > If I want to use the a driver from vidlist, would the comment then become > 'XSERVER = ati' instead of using something like > 'XSERVER = XF86_Somthing_or_Other'? Actually, both are valid. If the value starts with 'XF86_', then it will use XFreee86 version 3.3.6. Otherwise, it will use a X.org 6.7 module. With the older XFree86, they had completely separate Xservers, that were complete executable binaries. Each Xserver had support for some specific video cards. The exception was the XF86_SVGA, which had support for lots of cards. Then, when XFree86 came out with version 4.0, they went to a modular Xserver, where you load one binary, and that binary would load a "module" that would drive the video card. For example, 'ati' is a module for XFree86 4.0 and newer. When the XFree86 core team pretty much dissintegrated due to some internal issues, X.org came along and picked up the ball and are now running with it. They started with the XFree86 codebase as of XFree86 4.3.99-902 I believe. That was the same thing as the X.org X11R6.7 release that came out back in June. Since then, the X.org foundation has made a 2nd release, and we're working on integrating that into LTSP. For a list of valid 3.3.6 Xservers, take a look in /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/X11R6/bin. Anything that starts with XF86_ is a valid 3.3.6 Xserver. For a list of valid X.org modules, take a look in /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers. Anything that ends with "_drv.o" is a valid X.org module. The only doc that I know of that tells which Xserver to use for any particular card is this: http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/Status.html If someone knows of a better source of info, i'd like to hear about it. Hope that helps, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You know something? I had a nasty sensation that you and the developers had > solved this one! You were probably waiting for someone to ask about it, right? > Grin! LOL! > > You Da Man, Jim! > > -- > Lanman > Registered Linux User #190712 > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
