experimental xserver q

[Labitt, Bruce]

Hi,

Anyone have experience with compiling an experimental x-server per
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_compile_an_experimental_X_server  ?

If anyone recalls, I have the Radeon X1650 PRO dual-dvi card.  I really
need to get both 2D and 3D working for a visualization task.  So far, I
have not been able to get stuff going since I apparently have an old
version x-server.

Before (but not related to) my disk crash, I played with the proprietary
ATI/AMD driver, but the 3D stuff really didn't seem to work.  Maybe I
did not enable things correctly.  Since I recreated my system, I have
not reinstalled the AMD proprietary driver.

The script looks promising since it seems to automate fetching
compilation and installation from git and cvs.  Has anyone tried it?
Any pitfalls I should know about?  This installation only installs in
your home directory and supposedly does not trash your existing
x-server.  I did notice that the webpage has not been updated since
2007...  That could be good, or not.

-Bruce