2014-10-03 11:01 GMT+02:00 Claude Buisson <[email protected]>: > On 10/03/2014 10:30, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As you may know, the ports tree currently provides two versions of the >> X.Org server and related pieces of software: >> 1. xserver 1.7, Mesa 7.6 and libdrm 2.4.17 >> 2. xserver 1.12, Mesa 9.1 and libdrm 2.4.52 >> >> We are about to remove the older set. The primary reason is the >> maintenance cost. The Graphics team is small and it's a nightmare to >> test changes. The consequence is infrequent updates to those packages >> and, of course, way more work each time we decide to jump to a later >> version. All this time spent on keeping the legacy stack in a working >> state isn't invested on improving the current one and today's hardware >> support. >> >> The recent update to Cairo is a good example of this unsustainable >> situation: we tested what we could with the time we had and we sent a >> "Call for testers" on freebsd-x11@ and freebsd-current@ mailing-lists as >> well as asking for help on several Quarterly Status Reports. The benefit >> (if not the requirement) of the update and the lack of failure reports >> were instrumental in the final decision. Unfortunately, many users of >> the old X.Org server on Intel GPUs are now having crashes with any Gtk+ >> applications or the X.Org server itself. This time, we won't revert >> anything or spend more time on trying to fix the old stack. >> >> [...]
NVIDIA does not exist in your world ? > > Nvidia (GeForce GT240M, old card indeed) works fine here with NEW_XORG on FreeBSD 10.0 using the nvidia-driver port (version 340.24) René _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
