Hi Keith,


I've sets up a repository which allow experimental upgrade of an SL5
distribution to XFree 7.3 :

   ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slsoc/5x/i386/experimental/

To benefits fully of the upgrade I've to also upgrade the kernel to
version 2.6.23.13 (to support the xrander 1.2 and accelerated graphics
cards). This new kernel integrate without problem with the SL
distribution. I've had had minor troubles with hibernation (broken
scripts) but I suspect it cames from a mistake of mine.

It breaks some minor packages dependency (mostly exotic drivers).

If you try it, you may encounter a problem with yum due to libexpat :
this because I updated it to version 2.0 and the upgrade broke the
symbolic link (something I can't clearly figure out in the spec
file/post scripts).
  To solve it, relink manually : (the gap in versioning is artificial). 

ln -sf /lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2 /lib/libexpat.so.0


Good weekend.


On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 07:43 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> I run SL5 almost exclusively on my machines, but I recommend Ubuntu
> for the newbies that I work with.   The latest version, Hardy Heron
> 8.04LTS (long term support) is out, and I booted it from a live CD.
> 
> 8.04 is built on the latest Gnome and the latest 7.3 X.org .  The new
> X.org fixes some pesky problems that cropped up when Linux moved to
> HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer), like recognizing hotplug video
> devices such as computer projectors.  The Radeon chipset on my
> Thinkpad T30 requires a reboot to recognize a projector with the
> X.org 7.1.1 (12 May 2006) that comes with the Scientific Linux 5.0 .
> 
> 5.1 and 5.2(beta) also run 7.1.X X.org, right?
> 
> This leads to a prediction question - involving crystal balls and
> tea leaves, perhaps.  How likely is it that T.U.V. EL 5.3 (and thus
> SL5.3) will upgrade to X.org 7.3?  
> 
> If that is not likely to happen before EL6, what kind of pain is it
> to make a local upgrade to X.org 7.3 and maintain it outside of the
> automated update process?
> 
> Keith
> 
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