Xorg Version numbers

[Alan Coopersmith]

4.3.99 sounds like a XFree86 version number, not an Xorg one.
You want to find a module compiled for the version of Xorg that you
use - without knowing what module that is, all I can suggest is finding
the source and rebuilding, or asking whoever gave it to you to do so.

	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

Kevin wrote:
> Would a module compiled under 4.3.99 work under xorg 7.2?  How would I
> go about getting a version that works under 7.3?
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 8, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM>
> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> fossks at cox.net wrote:
>>> I apologize for asking such as basic question but could someone
>>> clarify the version numbering system used within Xorg.
>>>
>>> I've been the Xorg website where it states that 7.3 is the current
>>> version.  I've ran across a number of sites where they are using
>>> numbers now like 1.4.2, 1.4.0.90, 1.3, etc.   It doesn't seem to match.
>>
>> 7.3 is the current version of the X Window System, aka X11R7.3.
>>
>> One of the components of the X11R7.3 release is the xserver 1.4
>> package, which includes the Xorg server.
>>
>> Other components of the 7.3 release of the window system include
>> libraries like libX11 & libXext, and programs like xhost & xclock,
>> each of which has it's own version number, since they're also
>> released separately (and many are not upgraded in each window system
>> release, since they change so rarely).
>>
>> -- 
>>    -Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>>     Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>>