Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269907AbUIDLU2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:20:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269901AbUIDLQ1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:16:27 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:9222 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269883AbUIDLOD (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:14:03 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:13:55 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Dave Airlie Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Keith Whitwell , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New proposed DRM interface design Message-ID: <20040904121355.E14123@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Dave Airlie , Keith Whitwell , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040904004424.93643.qmail@web14921.mail.yahoo.com> <20040904102914.B13149@infradead.org> <41398EBD.2040900@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904104834.B13362@infradead.org> <413997A7.9060406@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904112535.A13750@infradead.org> <4139995E.5030505@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904120352.B14037@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from airlied@linux.ie on Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:12:31PM +0100 X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1095 Lines: 23 On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:12:31PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: > > > OK, I've found www.kernel.org, and clicked on the 'latest stable kernel' link. > > > I got a file called "patch-2.6.8.1.bz2". I tried to install this but > > > nothing happened. My i915 still doesn't work. What do I do now? > > > > You could start getting a clue. > > > > Which is the problem, Keith was acting as a user with no clue, and why > should a user who can't get his graphics card working worry about kernel > upgrades, along with X upgrades, the DRI has a workable snapshot process > now that allows users to use their DRI supported graphics card now, not in A user without a clue should better be using a supported distribution. If he used Fedora Core2 instead of the totally outdated and unsupported RH9 he'd already have a kernel with i915 support on his disk. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/