Best way to test a patched xorg

[Alex Deucher]

On 2/9/06, Michael Stather <lists at michaelstather.com> wrote:
> I´d like to test a patched (GATOS TV-Out) version of the current X server.
> What´s the best distribution where I can recompile my x server without
> messing around with dependencies (on SuSE for example if I delete X I
> must delete KDE and all the other stuff).
>

Just rebuild the driver for your card (eg, radeon_drv.o or
radeon_drv.so) and (after backing up your current version)  copy the
driver into place and restart you X server.

Alex

> regards
>
> Michael