xorg on mandriva

[Sergio Monteiro Basto]

HI ,
yap ,  I see Mandriva 2009.0 came with kde 4.1.2 , and kde 4 still very
buggy , maybe just update x11 packages. Can you do this ? 

I will prepare , but I don't know when , a list of package to upgrade
just X11 .

Best regards 
 
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 19:09 -0500, - gw1500se wrote:
> Hi Sergio,
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion. Its Mandriva 2008.1. I considered 2009
> originally but was advised to wait for 2009.1 as apparently KDE is
> broken or at least sick. However, according to Peter, the implication
> is that I am facing a kernel problem rather than an X11 or driver
> problem so I don't know that 2009 would help me. I am always reluctant
> to upgrade Mandriva, especially a major version change. It invariably
> destroys some number of working services that takes me weeks to get
> back. There is a long way to go for Mandriva to become a replacement
> for Windows for the non-Unix expert as it is advertised. I've been 3
> weeks already, trying to get 2008.1 working again and I've been a Unix
> admin for 20 years (UNICOS, HPUX, AIX and mostly OS X but not so much
> Linux). Anyway this seems to be the last glitch (hopefully) so I am
> not in any hurry to punish myself again so soon to get to 2009.
> 
> Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote: 
> > Hi, gw1500se 
> > This is mandriva 2008.0 ? you could try mandriva 2009.0 which have even
> > more stabe x server 1.4.1 .
> > and newer drives . 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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Sérgio M.B.
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