> How soon?
about as long as a horse's legs... long enough to reach the ground.
:)
that is to say, it'll be done when the maintainers think it's ready
for release to the populace. some say it'll be between January & March.
knowing how Open Source projects (and lots of other projects) stick to
deadlines; I'm not going to hold my breath waiting. :)
> (I'm not really comfortable with the idea of having to compile X.)
it's not bad. have you compiled any code at all? it's just a matter
of scale.
yes, X is *awfully* intimidating; but it's really not bad, once you
get past the site.def file (which is one of the more heinous pieces of
configuration info I've seen... I understand why it looks the way it does;
but that doesn't mean I like it). :)
here's the basics of how to edit the site.def file:
1. it's C pre-parser statements, which means it's rather non-intutive for a
lot of us.
1a. /* */ encloses comments
1b. # signs go in front of pre-parser directives.
2. so just move the /* */ marks so they don't go around options that you
want to change.
here's the basics of how to install X to a non-default location, so that it
doesn't mess up an existing installation:
1. edit site.def file in the CVS tree; tell it to install to /usr/local/X11R6
instead of /usr/X11R6. i.e. read the INSTALL-X.org file, then uncomment &
edit this section:
#ifndef ProjectRoot
#define ProjectRoot /usr/local/X11R6
#endif
2. make & install X ('make World >& world.log' then su to root and 'make
install')
3. edit /etc/ld.so.conf, and change the path to X, to be
/usr/local/X11R6/<whatever>
4. change the symlink in /etc/X11/X to point to /usr/local/X11R6/bin/XFree86
(XFree86 is SUID root in my CVS-installed version)
5. edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and change the library paths in there
to point to /usr/local/X11R6
if you have problems, just do 'startx 2>x.log', and take a look at x.log
(it'll be a bit more readable than /var/log/XFree86.0.log). see what's
getting loaded from where.
> I have a Radeon 8500. I've heard that it is going to be supported in 4.2.0.
> Is that true?
no experience with it myself; but other people have talked about success.
Carl Soderstrom.
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