Mir instead of Xorg-server

Scott Kitterman scott at kitterman.com
Sun Jun 30 14:10:09 UTC 2013


Both.

Scott K

On Sunday, June 30, 2013 09:59:02 AM Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote:
> 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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