On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Marc Deop i Argemà <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 06 March 2008, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > > After tracking down an issue I was having, I finally realized the cause > > was that I was using an outdated version of my X video driver. It looks > > like xf86-video-i810 (unbeknownst to me) has been renamed to > > xf86-video-intel, and that new development is continuing there. > > > > If that's the case, then shouldn't we decommission the xf86-video-i810 > > package? Is there any reason to keep it around? > > > > DR > > Well, I don't use the xf86-video-intel because it's buggier to me than > i810 > is. Anyway, the most important reason to keep using i810 is that I can get > my > laptop to suspend to RAM which i can't with the intel one. > > Please, do not remove the package. > Additionally, there were a number of machines that didn't work at all with the -intel driver. Mine was one of those, although it now seems to be working fine. Perhaps the best thing to do would be to include a message upon install/update of the i810 driver that makes people aware of the current state of the two drivers. Scott
