On Thursday, 2003-06-12, 20:27, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote:
> > why isn't there any information available on the XFree86 website and in
> > the manpages about activating DPMS under XFree86 3.3.6. Option "DPMS" in
> > the Monitor section doesn't work.
>
> Whatever the reason might be, XFree86 3.3.6 is _long_ since obsolete and
> completely unmaintained. You're strongly advised to use the current
> XFree86, which is version 4.3.0.
Hello,
the point is that XFree86 3.3.6 is still used in at least one *current* Linux
distribution, namely the current stable release of Debian GNU/Linux. This
release provides XFree86 4.1. The problem is that 4.1 doesn't support older
video hardware. To get this older hardware working, the current stable Debian
release provides some 3.3.6 servers.
I have a S3-based video card ("older hardware") and want to use the stable
packages of Debian wherever practical. Therefore I use XFree86 3.3.6.
Wolfgang
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