Re: [packages/xorg-xserver-server] P: xorg-driver-video-modesetting, xorg-driver-video
On 24.11.2016 07:23, Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz wrote: > > Suggests is no longer there, but anyway I assume you don't want xserver > > to provide video driver even though it provides video driver (so user > > can select some other one). I don't really care so if there are no > > objections I will replace Provides with Suggests tomorrow. > > Well, modesetting works on any KMS hardware, so I would go with dropping > entire virtual xorg-driver-video thing from all drivers. Except it might provide sluggish performance even in 2D like on many NVIDIA chips which still lack reclocking in nouveau. I guess it could be a valid reason to give user a choice of proprietary driver. ___ pld-devel-en mailing list pld-devel-en@lists.pld-linux.org http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-devel-en
Re: [packages/xorg-xserver-server] P: xorg-driver-video-modesetting, xorg-driver-video
On 2016-11-23 23:12, Elan Ruusamäe wrote: On 23.11.2016 17:16, atler wrote: # Usual desktop setups need least one video driver to run, see xorg.log which one exactly Suggests:xorg-driver-video +Provides:xorg-driver-video +Provides:xorg-driver-video-modesetting nono no, do not provide "xorg-driver-video"! it's virtual package indicating "any video driver" But in some cases (like newer Intel cards) the xorg-driver-video-modesetting, included in the server package, is the best driver one can use. xorg-driver-video-intel is not really maintained any more and doesn't work properly with Skylake chips. Jacek ___ pld-devel-en mailing list pld-devel-en@lists.pld-linux.org http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-devel-en
