One reason not to go with Xorg-x11

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:12:25 -0700, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> I've not had that problem, but i've had a ton of other problems.  Not so
> much instability as just very poor performance coupled with horrible
> rendering problems (moving windows caused them to bleed across the
> screen).  6.8.1 just isn't ready, IMO.  6.7.3 hasn't caused me any
> problems though.
> 
> On 10/10/2004 04:46 PM, Jerry McBride wrote:

> > After backing up my highly tuned XF86Config file, I went about the process...
> > unmerge xfree, emerge xorg-x11...
> >
> > Right off the get go, I had problems with my all favorite "legacy" game, Quake
> > III Arena. 

I don't do games, and I haven't had any performance problems or screen
bleeding or any other noticeable problems, but this laptop has an ATI
chip, and any newer level of xorg or the kernel causes X to die, so
I'll be using a 2.6.7 kernel and xorg-x11-6.7.0-r2 on this laptop for
a long time.

I run a 2.6.8 kernel and a higher xorg release on my desktop machine
(not powered up right now, so I can't give you specifics) without any
problems, but that machine doesn't have ATI or Nvidia video.

ATI i particular doesn't seem to be overly interested in supporting
linux. Nvidia seems to do a better job of keeping up. Both of these
seem to break at any kernel upgrade, but Nvidia comes back quicker
with new drivers. I don't really blame xorg for this, and I've heard
that xorg has a much more responsive policy for working with video
vendors than the old xfree group. But they have maintained the old
xfree policy of grouping all bug reports that come from the great
unwashed like us as "noise" <grin>.

A side note: kernel 2.6.8 ff has broken support for cdrecord. The
cdrecod author is stuck back in ATAPI days, and the kernel has moved
on to real device support for cdwriters. Surprise, surprise, he's
using a stabilized API and complaining that it's broke and
unmaintained. It's too bad he's the only source for cdwriter software.
I'm ok on the laptop,but I have to boot an older kernel to burn cds on
my desktop unit. cdrecord is so screwed up that it locks the machine
(hard boot time) on 2.6.8 or 2..9 kernels


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