On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 07:26, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:24:32PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: > > > > > > A user without a clue should better be using a supported distribution. > > > If he used Fedora Core2 instead of the totally outdated and unsupported > > > RH9 he'd already have a kernel with i915 support on his disk. > > > > What about Debian? they would have a 2.4 kernel.. is Debian not supported, > > no-one told me... > > Due to the policies of the release manager Debian stable is a totalally lost > cause. It's missing all other support bits for i915 plattforms aswell. >
Wrong and wrong. If you run Debian unstable (which is WAY more stable than, say, FC2) then you can apt-get upgrade to the latest kernel. What policies are you referring to? That Debian won't ship with showstopper, data-destroying bugs due to pressure to make a release date? Lee ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel