Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-xorg (111 mails)

[Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@xxxxxxx>]

Hi

The X.Org Foundation is currently preparing a second maintenance
release for version 6.8 of their implementation of the X Window
System. The code is presently in the beta testing phase.
SUSE will prepare update packages for the latest SUSE Linux version as
soon as this release (6.8.2) becomes available.
In our efforts to work closely with the X.Org Foundation to make their
software even better we would like to invite those users of SUSE Linux
who are interested in the X Window System to participate in this beta
test.
This will give the beta version of 6.8.2 a wider exposure, more
testing and allow our users to identify and report problems on their
hardware early so they may be fixed for the release.

To simplify testing I've built X.Org 6.8.2 RC1 RPMs for SuSE 9.2 and
uploaded them for download to

  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/Xorg/Xorg-X11R6.8.2-RC1/

* Installation instructions can be found in the README (also in this
  directory).

* In case something goes wrong and you need to revert to the original
  X.Org 6.8.1 RPMs for SuSE 9.2, simply remove the new RPMs with

    rpm -e <pkg-name> --nodeps

  and install the old ones from your DVD/CDs with

    rpm -Uhv <pkg-name>

  again (RPMs are in /suse/<arch> on the DVD/CD). A package list is in
  the README.

 * Notes for testers:
   Various drivers, modules and other infrastructure got significant
   updates and need to be thoroughly tested by the community,
   including:
   - "radeon" video driver
   - "nv" (nvidia) video driver
   - ATI Rage128 video driver
   - Postscript print driver
   - Mesa (OpenGL) update to release 6.2
   - libXpm security update (CAN-2004-0914)
   ... and many many other things...

* Feedback can be discussed on this list as we don't have an open
  Bugzilla. Please don't contact me directly or thru the regular SUSE
  feedback channel. I'll try to discuss the feedback on this list.
  Please note that there won't be any installation or advanced support
  for these test packages. Should you experience any problems please
  refer to the above instructions how to revert back to the
  version of X that has been shipped with SUSE Linux.
  Please also note that if you download and install a test version we
  strongly recommend to update to the released version of 6.8.2
  once it becomes available.

Stefan

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