Mir instead of Xorg-server

[Ho Wan Chan]

Hello Istimsak,

the proprietary drivers. However Mir support should be available for them
by 14.04 LTS.

Howard Chan (smartboyhw)
(K)ubuntu member


2013/6/30 Istimsak Abdulbasir <saqman2060 at gmail.com>

> Scott, when you say "there is no Mir support for non-free video drivers",
> are you referring to the drivers provided in the repos, or the proprietary
> drivers supplied by the manufacturers?
>
> Istimsak Abdulbasir
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com>wrote:
>
>> Currently there's no Mir suport for non-free video drivers, so anyone with
>> nVidia/ATI will need to use Xorg.  Additionally, some of the other
>> flavors are
>> sticking with X for 13.10, and X from 13.10 is needed for 12.04 hardware
>> enablement updates, so it'll be maintained in any case.
>>
>> Scott K
>>
>> On Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:49:29 PM Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote:
>> > Thanks guys. So be default, if Mir is unsuccessful, ubunu will rollback
>> to
>> > xorg.
>> >
>> > On Jun 29, 2013 4:08 PM, "Adrian Goodyer" <adriangoodyer at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > A
>> > > s far as I know the graphics drivers will try and use Mir and if
>> > > unsuccessful will rollback to X.
>> > >
>> > > I would presume then, that a choice between the two would also be
>> > > available?
>> > >
>> > > Ade.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir <
>> saqman2060 at gmail.com
>> > >
>> > > > wrote:
>> > >> Starting with 13.10, will the new xserver be Mir or will both Mir and
>> > >> xorg-server be available for saucy?
>> > >>
>> > >> Istimsak abdulbasir
>> > >>
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