Re: Patched Xfree86 4.3.0 in Debian

[Kjetil K. <kj...@kj...>]

On onsdag 19. mai 2004, 00:52, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> > On mandag 17. mai 2004, 09:45, Aivils wrote:
> > > > s/PrefBusID/IsolateDevice/g
> > > > right?
> > >
> > > Yep.
> >
> > Cool! And thanks!
>
> i'd say that the "SingleCard" would be a better choice,
> no need for sed or perl :-)

Hehe, but you're saying that "SingleCard" is the option that replaces 
the old "PrefBusID" in this patch?

Well, the dual-head config didn't work when I installed the new 
binaries, I guess there could be a reason for it... :-) But then, 
Xinerama is nice too... :-)

> > > > Then, I wondered about the HOWTO: Probably, we should now add
> > > > some Debian-specific notes, now that people most likely can
> > > > just use Sarge or Sid and get the X servers they need, but must
> > > > use slightly different options than the rest of the world.
>
> if you are talking about my howto,

Yup!

> i'd prefer the notes to be generic,
> and i'll add them but first i've to find some time
> and i've to finaly integrate your patch in my Xorg binaries

OK, nice!

> > BTW, the linuxconsole-dev archives on Sourceforge seems dead...
> > Nothing has been archived since March, that's why I thought the
> > list was quiet...
>
> it's not just linux-console,
> it's a lot of(if not all) sf.net project's ml's
> it would be cool to have it archived on some other place too

OK, I know that there are at least one much used archive at 
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?q=about#Add

Cheers,

Kjetil
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