Debian Sarge X works for (b)ruby...

[hugo v. <hug...@ca...>]

Hi all!
I don't recall seeing a report here on the actual
use of the Debian Sarge xserver-xfree8
4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 (the XFree86 X server). It has the
"singel card" and "prefbusid" patches in it so no
patched X is needed anymore!

I saw Ketjil's announcement that it was coming out...

Wel, it works like a champ... except... the
syntax is a little different: cmdline is
-isolateDevice <pci address> and the config file
is IsolateDevice.
The pci device must be like specified as per
BusId, e.g. "PCI:1:0:0" (with the quotes).

That had me stumped for a while.

That means that soon (?) Debian stable will have
 X available for multiusers without having to use
patches.

I run TNT2 on :0, MX-440 on :1 and patched 2.4.26
with Debian Sarge.

That MX-440 is a year old now and it is a pain:
the fan makes noise now upon cold boot.

Regards,

Hugo


The following signature is automatically
added by the web email service I use,
which is beyond my control:
=======================================
Good People. Great Causes. Get Connected on Care2 Connect:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/C2Connect