X failure after upgrade to Meerkat (Ubuntu 10.10)

[bruce.labitt at autoliv.com]

gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org wrote on 10/19/2010 11:15:35 AM:

> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
> <rozzin at geekspace.com> wrote:
> > Well, ATI/AMD & Intel have both FOSS'd their drivers so that
> > the community can decide to pick them up and maintain them,
> > if need be, for as long as there's interest--possibly forever.
> 
>   In practice, the FOSS world isn't usually much better at maintaining
> support for older hardware.  Unsurprisingly, old software that almost
> nobody uses doesn't have many hackers interested in maintaining it,
> either.
> 
> -- Ben
> _______________________________________________
> gnhlug-discuss mailing list
> gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Which brings me back to my observation, that while linux is better, than 
say windows, for 'legacy' platforms, there comes a time to retire the 
beast, because, no one is supporting the drivers for key peripherals.  I 
was surprised that, at least for me, the party was over - and abruptly at 
that!

How hard is it to revert to 10.04?  At least I had full featured video for 
that card.

-Bruce

******************************
Neither the footer nor anything else in this E-mail is intended to or constitutes an <br>electronic signature and/or legally binding agreement in the absence of an <br>express statement or Autoliv policy and/or procedure to the contrary.<br>This E-mail and any attachments hereto are Autoliv property and may contain legally <br>privileged, confidential and/or proprietary information.<br>The recipient of this E-mail is prohibited from distributing, copying, forwarding or in any way <br>disseminating any material contained within this E-mail without prior written <br>permission from the author. If you receive this E-mail in error, please <br>immediately notify the author and delete this E-mail.  Autoliv disclaims all <br>responsibility and liability for the consequences of any person who fails to <br>abide by the terms herein. <br>
******************************