Re: what happened ?! (upgraded to XFree86-4.2.99.2-0.20021122.2)

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On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Mario Mikocevic wrote:

>> XFree86.  It is highly developmental, and very much changing 
>> every day.  Users who require a stable system should stick with 
>> the currently supported Red Hat Linux 8.0 XFree86 release, and 
>> should not be using rawhide packages.
>
>He he, I'm _not_ complaining ! More like warning about it  ! :)

I've got ample warnings in the readme, and the directory name 
itself.  ;o)


>> >After upgrading to XFree86-4.2.99.2-0.20021122.2 problems arise ->
>> >
>> > - I lost those _beautyfull_ fonts
>> 
>> Run ldconfig
>
>I did, no go !

Did you restart X?


>> You need newer kernel DRM, which is present in the rawhide 
>> kernel.
>
>Uh, so basicaly I'm stuck to rawhide kernels !?

Well...

[SNIP from below]
>Can you publish snapshots more often !?
>Like living on the edge .. :)

You like living on the edge.


>> Again, it is developmental code, not intended for general purpose
>> usage yet.  There are various issues that will be resolved over
>> time.  Stick with 4.2.0 for now if you need stability.  Of course
>> we're always happy to get feedback about problems if you are
>> indeed beta testing it.  Things should be less bumpy in another 
>> month or so.
>
>Can you publish snapshots more often !?
>Like living on the edge .. :)

I publish a new snapshot when I have a new snapshot that needs to 
be published.


-- 
Mike A. Harris     ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat



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