[arch-general] xorg 1.9 breaks

[kurrata]

  On 10/01/10 01:27, Stefan Erik Wilkens wrote:
> 2010/9/30 kurrata<kurrata at gmail.com>:
>>   latest xorg update (1.9)  breaks it with nvidia-173xx drivers
>> (173.14.27-3).
>> Easy fix, just install previouse xorg
>>
> AFAIK, current nvidia xorg support is as such:
> 96.xx range ->  up to xserver 1.7, no mention of updating.
> 173xx range ->  up to xserver 1.8, 1.9 support is in the pipeline
> nvidia range ->  *
>
> yesterday, nvidia has confirmed that the 173xx range's support for
> xserver 1.9x is currently in the testing phase:
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2325998
>
> so perhaps wait for the 173 range to actually support the new xserver :)
>
Or we could just add conflict in pacman output if person has nvidia 
driver and stoping the upgrade. Or just write warning message that the 
new xorg doesn't support nvidia 173xx drivers and will result with break.
That way others could upgrade to the new xorg and nvidia users wouldn't 
break their machine