From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailgw3.netvision.net.il ([194.90.1.11]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15L9IN-0006di-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:12:15 -0600 Received: from localhost (ras6-p44.rlz.netvision.net.il [62.0.86.172]) by mailgw3.netvision.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA14125 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:09:28 +0300 (IDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Dan Armak To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] feature request for X ebuild X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <20010713194921.XPVA24207.mail2.rdc2.bc.home.com@storm> <20010713140721.E22931@cvs.gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20010713140721.E22931@cvs.gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01071323121702.00621@localhost> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Jul 13 14:13:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:12:17 +0300 X-Archives-Salt: 874cc62e-5dbe-4879-995b-a246f9826aa6 X-Archives-Hash: ec0132cbb087f8380f65decfc28e7411 On Friday 13 July 2001 23:07, you wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 12:44:55PM -0700, Taras Glek wrote: > > Hi, > > X has several drivers that are not perfect and some just dont work on > > stuff like my laptop. However there are third party projects that come up > > with superior drivers and for some reason release them outside the tree. > > In particual the gatos ati drivers and the savage drivers are what I'm > > interested in. > > Could you added an option to the X ebuild, something like USE="gatos" or > > USA=savage so it downloads and compiles with alternate drivers. > > > > http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html <--savage driver > > http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos/ <-- i belive the updated ati driver > > lives there...the url isnt working for me at the moment > > This is a good idea; any takers who want to work on a new version of the > xfree ebuild? > > Best Regards, BTW: we might finally incorporate the nvidia drivers as well. Dan Armak