X.org, distributors, and proprietary modules [LWN.net]

X.org, distributors, and proprietary modules

Posted Aug 17, 2006 9:05 UTC (Thu) by jospoortvliet (guest, #33164)
In reply to: X.org, distributors, and proprietary modules by elanthis
Parent article: X.org, distributors, and proprietary modules

well, not here, then. I run edgy, but xorg has version 7.0.22ubuntu7 and
nothing newer. I have to run with the nv driver anyway, atm, as the nvidia
proprietary driver doesnt compile with the new 2.6.18-rc4 kernel, and i'm
starting to get more and more annoyed with these proprietary drivers. they
really DO hold you back, now and then. sucks that the nv driver is so
irritatingly slow...

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X.org, distributors, and proprietary modules

Posted Aug 26, 2006 1:00 UTC (Sat) by crimsun (guest, #13750) [Link]

You've mistaken the packaging version of the 'xorg' metapackage for the actual version of the X Window System server (in the 'xserver-xorg-core' package, version 1:1.1.1-0ubuntu8).

Edgy has had bits and pieces of X.Org 7.1x since early July. As of right now it has something resembling 7.1+ :

$ head -5 /var/log/Xorg.0.log

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.15.7 i686