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  • From: Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT scarlet.be>
  • To: <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [SM-Discuss] xorg-drivers
  • Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:58:40 +0200

the xorg-server spell has a lot of logic for selecting the appropriate drivers, most of which have not been updated for years.
This might have seemed logical when the code was written 7 years ago, but seems unnecessarily complex now.

On a modern system the most suitable drivers are likely to be
xf86-input-[evdev, libinput, synaptics]
xf86-video-[ati,intel,nouveau]

I am tempted to simplify xorg-server by suggesting the above drivers, and adding a message stating that a large selection of drivers for older hardware can be found in xorg-drivers.

Any comments?

Regards, Treeve




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