gentoo again

[Collins]

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:40:25 +0100 Roger Oberholtzer <roger at opq.se>
wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 07:25:12 -0800
> Ted Ozolins <ted1 at telus.net> wrote:
> ?
> > 
> > A while back there was a post on the gentoo mail list that a fonts
> > dir location was missing in X and had to be edited. I can not
> > remember exactly
> > 
> > what that was.  A search of gentoo lists should get you that info.
> > I'll look for it later and if I locate that post I'll forward it
> > to you. I had to add the resolutions to my XF86Config after
> > configuring X which I thought was rather odd. We must keep in mind
> > that it is a release candidate so there is bound to be a couple of
> > glitches along the way.
> 
> What suprised me about that was what X itself did. Without
> resolutions defined, I expected 640x480, not some very high
> resolution. I wonder if my display would have survived after a bit
> of time.
> 
> I do like the Gentoo approach. But I will be glad when a new stable
> release is available. I am suprised at how many things are masked.
> 

Even after the new stable release a lot of things will be effectively
"masked."  Gentoo has now moved to a stable vs. development
philosophy, and packages will move into the stable designation more
slowly.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
Redhat 7.3 system