[ubuntu-x] New X stack in xorg-edgers (Bryce Harrington)

[Tom Judd]

On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 15:54 -0500, Bryce Harrington wrote:
>> We're going to be moving natty to its new X stack within the next week
>> or two.  This includes snapshots for the upcoming xserver 1.10 and mesa
>> 7.10, along with some new driver bits.  Currently this stack is
>> available in xorg-edgers, and maps well to what we'll be uploading
>> shortly.
>>
>> You can help us pre-test these bits by installing xorg-edgers on your
>> systems at this time.  Our testing has shown it to be quite stable, but
>> the devil's in the corner cases when it comes to X, so your testing will
>> help us get a head's start on making it work better for your HW.
>>
>> 1.  The PPA is available at:
>>
>>      https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa
>>
>> 2.  Here's a simple way to install:
>>
>>      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
>>      sudo apt-get update
>>      sudo apt-get upgrade
>>
>> Then reboot your system to get to the new bits.
>>
>> 3.  If you want to go back to stock Ubuntu, there is a corresponding
>> ppa-purge tool:
>>
>>      sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers
>>      sudo apt-get update
>>      sudo apt-get upgrade
>>
>> 4.  If you happen to find bugs, you can report them the usual way:
>>
>>    ubuntu-bug xorg
>>
>> Include a photo of the screen if appropriate (e.g. screen corruption).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ubuntu X Team
>>
>>
I have a Radeon HD 6850 graphics card. Natty selects the vesa driver for 
this, and X starts. With the PPA installed the radeon driver is used and 
X does not start, I think because KMS is required but not available 
without a 2.5.38 kernel, which the PPA does not contain.