On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, folks. Just wanted to highlight some fairly major planned F12 > graphics updates going into updates-testing. > > I posted a testing request previously for xorg-x11-server, to get some > preliminary testing before it went into the updates-testing repo. The > feedback from that was positive, so a new xorg-x11-server - bumped up to > 1.7.3 and with several other changes - is now in updates-testing. > > In addition, there's a new mesa package, with a significant version bump > from 7.6 to 7.7. There's an accompanying libdrm update, and a > significant update to xorg-x11-drv-ati (radeon), the driver for ATI/AMD > graphics cards, with many bugfixes and changes. > > As graphics-related updates are prone to regressions and this a fairly > major change when you add it all up, it would be extremely helpful if as > many of you as possible could install these particular packages from F12 > updates-testing and check how they work for you. Please please report > any noted regressions to Bodhi (preferable) or reply to this thread. > Might also be helpful to know if they solve any problems anyone's been > facing - they may address some 3D issues or improve performance, > especially on ATI/AMD hardware. Thanks! > -- > Adam Williamson > Fedora QA Community Monkey > IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org > http://www.happyassassin.net > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > All's well here after a "yum --enablerepo updates-testing update xorg\* plymouth\* mesa\* libdrm\* --changelog" and a reboot. the GL neverball game is fine too. 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation ION VGA (rev b1) -- Jason "zcat" Farrell -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
