Re: [gentoo-user] openchrome in portage

[Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na>]

On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > > > Why on earth is it excluding openchrome?
> > >
> > > Because the xorg-server ebuild does not support openchrome.
> > > yet. Just add openchrome to world until it does
> >
> > Well, didn't look into the ebuild. You are right. Now, why and
> > how did it work with the overlay?
>
> I know nothing about that overlay, so I'm just guessing. Perhaps
> the overlay had a patched xorg-server?

The openchrome tarball from the overlay is identical to the one in 
portage. Actually, the overlay was just moved into portage I guess. 
Anyway, any patch in the overlay tarball must then also be in the 
portage one.

Alright, I stop here. It's just something puzzling me - and I don't 
like that without understanding it. ;-)

BTW, KDE4 is far smoother now. Animations are faster. Still, no shiny 
composite effects of KDE without crashing the whole session. Guess, I 
have to ask the openchrome folks whether they have any ETA for this.

Another thing is that the latest MESA release is quite old. They used 
to have a new release every 2 - 3 months. This might be related as 
well. Unfortunately, they don't have any kind of roadmap on their web 
site. So one doesn't know when to expect a new version.

Yes, I know: Get a decent video subsystem. Not that easy. The Intel 
chips (most probably enough for my purpose) only reside on mobos. ATI 
drivers are in the process of catching up and will probably be there 
in six or so months' time - but they aren't now. Nvidia, yes nvidia. 
Would rather try to avoid them. So not too many options for me short 
of throwing the whole mobo out.

Uwe

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