Tilman Sauerbeck [2007-09-08 09:35]:
> Jason Williams [2007-09-08 01:07]:
>
> > I am curious as to the presence of the Sun video drivers in CRUX. They
> > are xorg-xf86-video-sunbw2, suncg14, suncg3, suncg6, sunffb, sunleo, and
> > suntcx. They are installed by default on the install cd when Xorg is
> > selected for installation. With them installed, X -configure and xorgcfg
> > hangs when probing drivers requiring a reboot. Uninstalling those drivers
> > allows those commands to function. There are also xorg-applewmproto,
> > xorg-windowswmproto, xorg-libapplewm, and xorg-libwindowswm in the Xorg
> > repo as well. I am just wondering if these packages are needed in x86
> > Linux. Thanks in advance for your time.
>
> Originally I thought it would be a good idea to port everything, "just
> in case". eg I believe if anyone gets working on crux/sparc again one
> day, they might appreciate those sun video drivers :D
>
> The *apple* and *windows* stuff is indeed pointless on Linux.
>
> For CRUX 2.4, I'll remove the latter ports from the tree, and will talk
> to the other guys about not shipping them on the ISO.
I talked to myself instead ;) and removed the Sun video drivers from the
ISO.
Regards,
Tilman
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