RE: [LUG] Do other LUG Members find X a pain to configure ?

["Ray Smith" <rayjsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe it depends what you like to use X for.

Myself, I like to see opengl apps,games and screensavers runnig.
The last version of X that did this perfectly on "my" hardware was version
4.01

since then nothing but lock ups when running 3D until 4.2 which runs
semi-stable depending on distro.

Mandrake 9.0 is ok for a few minutes depending on what is running.
Suse 8.1 about a minute running anything.

Knoppix. Not bad quite some time (3.1)

Xfree 4.3
Lock ups within a few seconds no matter what distro including knoppix 3.2

All is fine if I don't want 3D but I DO !

There seems to be some plans for X developers to move away from an all in
one package.
I would rather that if something works it stays works,otherwise theres not
much point in upgrading.

Debian btw worked but only when I altered the config file from that detected
to similar settings I use with Mandrake 9, then it was ok.
Sometimes autodetection screws up

Ray

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Kai Hendry
Sent: 09 April 2003 15:27
To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [LUG] Do other LUG Members find X a pain to configure ?




>I am surprised you wrote this. This is an absolute FUD to me.

>X is configured and running just fine when booting Knoppix or installing
>RedHat. I.e. with slick installers.

>I get irritated when people say you have to download source and compile.
>These are "complicated" tasks, and YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO IT.

>**** This is what packages are for!!! ****

>Suggesting to a user is required to fiddle with the source is not
>helpful, and scares people away from Free software.

>Regards,
>-Kai


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