Thanks, looks like it simply hadn't gotten updated since alpha1. I've corrected it, although obviously it's too late for alpha2 since that just went out.
Anyone in ubuntu-x is encouraged to help keep the release notes up to date. For Karmic they're at this wiki page for your editing pleasure: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/TechnicalOverview Thanks, Bryce P.S. the epoch thing is a fudge that had been used early on in Ubuntu to fix some version mismatches. On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 03:20:56PM -0400, Geir Ove Myhr wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just looked at the information page about Karmic alpha-2 > (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha2) and it has a paragraph > about the UXA in the -intel driver which I find confusing: > > <quote> > New Intel video driver architecture available for testing > > In later Karmic milestones the Intel video driver will most probably > switch from the current "EXA" acceleration method to the new "UXA". > This will solve major performance problems of Ubuntu 9.04, but is > still not as stable as EXA, which is why it is not yet enabled by > default. We invite you to help testing UXA, please see the > instructions and feedback page. > </quote> > > This sounds like EXA is still the default in Karmic alpha-2, and that > UXA needs to be enabled according to the UXA testing page > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/UxaTesting). But the intel driver version > in Karmic alpha-2 is 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu2 [1] > which has no support for EXA anymore. Right? > > [1] OT: would anybody tell me what those colons in the version numbers mean? > > -- > Ubuntu-x mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x -- Ubuntu-x mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x
