Hi Martin, Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, I, who am not a systems programmer, gets a bit confused when I display a log file like /var/log/Xorg.0.log! What exactly do I look for when trying to determine which verson of openchrome I have installed?
The situation is, of course, that when I installed Ubuntu 9.04 I installed the current openchrome video driver, whichever one that is. It worked except there was a problem which someone the published a patch for. As you indicate, a patch is not a new driver incl. driver version number, but merely a few instructions in the existing installed driver which get changed. That also introduces some real risks in that, the changed driver may fix one problem but it could potentially create new problems which nobody have yet discovered. But I (and others) trusted the programmer and applied the patch and it did work. Great so far, but what happens when we get the next version of Linux? We non-tech guys haven't got a clue whether the driver we patched is part of the new Linux version. If it is and has not been fixed, then we are back to the same situation again. Therefore you make a good suggestion, that we report a bug to the kernel team! BUT we don't even know whether the driver is part of the kernel or how to find out and, if it is, how to address the bug to the kernel team! So, I have got down on my knees now and I beg you to help us find the answers to those questions and help us to report it to the kernel team if that is what should be done. Thank you in advance for your help, and thank you for your help so far. Cheers, Ole down-under -- [HP 2133 MiniNote laptop] Unexpected and unrecoverable wireless disconnect with B43 driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331952 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
