[arch-general] xf86-video-i810 obsolete?

Marc Deop i Argemí damnshock at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 11:12:24 EST 2008


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 was that I was using an outdated version of my X video driver.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.

Just my two cents

Damnshock
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