On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Marc Deop i Argemí <damnshock@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thursday 06 March 2008, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> After tracking down an issue I was having, I finally realized the cause
> was that I was using an outdated version of my X video driver.  It looks
> like xf86-video-i810 (unbeknownst to me) has been renamed to
> xf86-video-intel, and that new development is continuing there.
>
> If that's the case, then shouldn't we decommission the xf86-video-i810
> package?  Is there any reason to keep it around?
>
> DR

Well, I don't use the xf86-video-intel because it's buggier to me than i810
is. Anyway, the most important reason to keep using i810 is that I can get my
laptop to suspend to RAM which i can't with the intel one.

Please, do not remove the package.

Additionally, there were a number of machines that didn't work at all with the -intel driver. Mine was one of those, although it now seems to be working fine. Perhaps the best thing to do would be to include a message upon install/update of the i810 driver that makes people aware of the current state of the two drivers.

Scott