experimental xserver q

[Darrell Michaud]

Is there something that you're looking for that hasn't been packaged yet
in a mainstream distribution? It saves a lot of time if you can just
upgrade your distribution's binary packages instead of custom compiling.
If you must compile a custom version, use your distribution's source
packages and package manager to do the build, merging in your own patches
as needed. Use the xorg raw sources only if you must- this will be the
most painful route. I've compiled custom X.org binaries many times using
redhat/fedora's RPM source packages. There's many dependencies and the
compile takes quite a while.

I've got the fglrx drivers and well as the radeon drivers working in
ubuntu 8 and fedora 9 recently, for accelerated video and games. If
there's something specific you're asking about the driver setup I might
know.

-D


Labitt, Bruce wrote:
> 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
>
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