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On 11/16/05, Derek Tracy <tracyde@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> When a branch is marked stable all of the packages in that branch should |
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> work, |
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I'm not sure this is always possible. Much of your complaint comes |
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from the ipw2200 driver, which is new in 2.6.14. But the in-kernel |
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version is several versions older than the external driver. So should |
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2.6.14 remain marked as unstable because of this one driver that works |
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for some people, but not for others? Or because a specific externally |
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maintained driver or package doesn't build against it? |
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On my system, either the in-kernel or external drivers work fine. The |
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only caveat is that I need firmware version 2.2 with the in-kernel |
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drivers, and a different version for the external. If I am using the |
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external version, the portage dependancy tree makes sure I have the |
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right version of the firmware. But the kernel sources do not (and |
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should not) depend upon the ipw2200-firmware package, so this is a |
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case where I need to know the driver requirements. (Also, the kernel |
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help specifies that the driver requires external firmware, although it |
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doesn't specify what version.) |
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Regarding the X.org issue, without an Xorg.0.log file, it is really |
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impossible to say what the problem there is. It could be something as |
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simple as your kernel configuration; for example leaving out I2C or |
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AGP support could cause this. |
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But in my view, you cannot take an existing xorg.conf file and expect |
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it to work without any issues _without_ duplicating the same system |
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configuration (kernel version, kernel config, and nvidia driver |
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version). The fastest method of configuring X on a new system is to |
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run "X -configure", test the resulting configuration, and use that |
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xorg.conf file. Yes, this would use the opensource x.org Nv driver, |
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but it should definitely work for getting X up and running. If this |
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doesn't work, then you have reason to complain. |
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If the proprietary nvidia driver doesn't work with a particular kernel |
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version, you can only complain to nvidia. |
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I'm quite sure a binary-based distribution would have worked better |
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for you in this case, only because nothing would have been upgraded or |
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changed. Everything that worked before would have continued to work, |
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just like everything that was broken before would have continued to be |
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broken. It is the price of progress, IMO. |
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-Richard |
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