In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >xvidetect was installed into the archives yesterday, so you should be able >to get it from your favorite mirror. Please note that the copy in the >archive is slightly different from the one that's in my homedir on master. >(it uses /usr/share/doc instead of /usr/doc)
Excellent. >> Um, would it be possible to somehow integrate this with xserver-common >> such that after installation, we could add a task to run xviddetect >> and automatically pick the right xserver-* package for installation? > >I have spoken to Branden about this. The feeling seems to be that this >belongs to boot floppies. It doesn't matter to me really... whatever works >best. Ok -- hum. Someone with X experience would have to tell us what packages we need to pull in. I know of the xserver-common, and the dynamic detection of xserver-*, then the depends for that will pull in much. A standard X "profile" would include xcontrib and standard client pkgs, etc. >> Randolph, you would be interested in workthig this out with us and >> hopefully with the X Window System team? > >Yes, fwiw I am on both -boot and -x. The question is, can we get this in >before the freeze? Well, remember, I would like to be able to continue to correct/improve boot-floppies even after release times. I see no reason why not so long as people have stable systems to build on. Also remember my notion, more and more plausible, that we won't freeze until Jan 1. I cerntainly don't see how a release is possible before Feb 1. >I'll be on irc on and off this evening and over the >weekend, if you need to get in touch with me real time. I can't. I'm travelleing all this weekend, not back until Wednesday. >It'd be great if we >can get this in. One concern though is that it really only works well for >i386 at the moment. Don't you mean it only works for PCI video cards? I tested it on sparc (ultra5, mach64 video chip) and it worked great. Remember that PPC, new Sparcs, etc are all PCI. >The good thing perhaps is that the other archs have a >much smaller number of X servers, and the typical {alpha,sparc,m68k,ppc} >user is probably more knowledgable about what to pick anyway. Yes -- to be cute, on Sparc/SBUS machines, you should be able to detect the proper video card from proc. Not sure on the details -- ask the right lists. Not sure about m68k. Anyhow, if it works, great, if not, oh well we tried. A solution that works for 70% of the time is a success, in my book. Right now people have no where at all to turn... -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>