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From: Pablo Yanez Trujillo <yanezp@×××××××××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] X.Org 7.1 is Stable
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:27:49
Message-Id: 4532282C.7070201@informatik.uni-freiburg.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] X.Org 7.1 is Stable by Joshua Baergen
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4 I updated my xorg yesterday.
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6 > Does it build?
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8 yes
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10 > Does it run?
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12 yes
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14 > Will it damage your system?
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16 I don't think so, my system survived the update ;)
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18 Pablo
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20 Pablo Yánez Trujillo
21 http://klingsor.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/
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24 Joshua Baergen wrote:
25 > X.Org 7.1 has been released from its binary driver jail to the
26 > (un?)stable masses! Does it build? Only on Tuesdays! Does it run?
27 > Often! Will it damage your system? I like cheese!
28 >
29 > A summary of new features, quoted from the GWN:
30 >
31 > "This release features the addition of accelerated indirect GLX (AIGLX),
32 > which allows for eye candy such as the Compiz window/compositing
33 > manager, as well as running 3D accelerated display walls with Xdmx.
34 > X.Org 7.1 also integrates the kdrive (TinyX) servers for embedded
35 > systems into the xorg-server package with the kdrive USE flag. The
36 > kdrive integration additionally provides Xephyr, an enhanced Xnest-like
37 > client. Numerous video drivers also received significant updates."
38 >
39 > I also add that many, many bugs were fixed. To run Compiz using AIGLX,
40 > xorg-server must be build with the "aiglx" USE-flag. This is known to
41 > cause some EXA slowdowns (bug #147841).
42 >
43 > Joshua Baergen
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