On Wednesday 18 Nov 2009 21:12:47 Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:16:27PM +0200, Timo Aaltonen wrote: > > > Given all the above I'm leaning more towards xserver 1.7. I know a lot > > > of new features are planned for 1.8, but don't know yet that those > > > features are absolutely required in Ubuntu. > > > > Good points, and I forgot that RHEL6 should be based on F12 which has > > 1.7, so it will likely get a few point releases and a lot of testing. > > We'd need to patch libudev support though, and possibly the vga-arb stuff > > unless it's in 1.7.. can't remember nor check. > > Can you elaborate on the vga-arb stuff when you get a chance? > Here's an extract from the release notes of X server 1.7.0:
== VGA arbitration support == VGA arbitration re-enables support for multiple graphics cards by controlling which one of the multiple cards gets the VGA commands. This also brings back support for multi-seat setups. Requires libpciaccess and kernel 2.6.32. > Patching in libudev support sounds sane. We'll definitely need it one > way or another. Does only the xserver need patched for this, or do > other things need patched as well? Any idea if redhat is looking to do > this for their xserver 1.7? > My patch for -synaptics which allow quirks for touchpads requires hal, as the quirks live in the fdi file. I think I'll have to find another way to do it with udev. If udev is ready to replace hal with X then it's ok to drop hal. I thought there was no ETA for this though. > Okay, 1.7 is sounding like the logical choice. Any other considerations > we should take into account? Anyone else have feedback on this choice? > I'm ok with either keeping 1.6.x or with upgrading to 1.7.x. After all Lucid will be an LTS. Regards, -- Alberto Milone Sustaining Engineer (system) Foundations Team Canonical OEM Services -- Ubuntu-x mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x
