So, I spent a bunch of time today .. and I followed the git_xorg.sh script, and tweaked the libraries on my system ... and after six hours, I actually arrived at a compiled Xorg server, etc etc in my build directory ... So - I followed the instructions, something along the lines of startx -- /path/to/Xorg ... and .. X even started! I'm thinking "great! For a beginner, this is pretty awesome" ...
Quickly, I realize that I have no keyboard support and no mouse support. And the original purpose of this recompile (bugzilla bug # 15708) also didn't appear resolved. So - with hope, I turn to the mailing list with the following questions. 1) If I merely wish to try out the newest git pull of the ati driver ... is there a short easy way to do so that avoid recompiling the entire xserver kit - n - kaboodle? 2) Secondly -- I tried to "hotswap" my old xserver with the new ati .so files ... and expectedly this didn't work. The xserver log said "ERR! We're version X and this appears to be version Y" ... So, I deviously thought .. perhaps I could decrement the version number in ... in a make file? in a configure script? .. in a macro include ... Question # two is - just how does X know the version of what I'm compiling .. I imagined I'd see "VERSION=1.2.3.4" ~somewhere~ ... but I didn't. Well I appreciate all and any advice you might offer ... Alexander _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
