Severe X breakage heads up

Jeff Spaleta jspaleta at gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 21:07:28 UTC 2007


On 11/5/07, Adam Jackson <ajackson at redhat.com> wrote:
> This X server requires libpciaccess.  Not all of the drivers have been
> ported yet.  Not all of them will be ported by Monday, though I'll try
> to have the big three of {radeon,intel,nv} and the vesa driver converted
> by then.  This should cover most people.  I hope.
>
> If your driver is not ported, you'll see an error like this in the X
> log:
>
> (EE) module ABI major version (1) doesn't match the server's version (3)
>
> This means switch to vesa, or else back down to F8 X.

Which should be read to mean...
if you are using the proprietary drivers don't hold your breath
waiting for your driver vendor to catch up?

-jef"taking bets on who will be the first person to post that nvidia
is broken with rawhide X"spaleta




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