X Server 1.6.0 Has Been Released

[phoronix]

Phoronix: X Server 1.6.0 Has Been Released

It's arriving about two months later than originally scheduled (and didn't arrive in 2008 like Intel wanted), but X Server 1.6 has been officially released this afternoon and it wasn't 212 days late like the infamous X Server 1.4.1 release.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=13539

[grantek]

Woohoo! Hopefully support in fglrx will come in Catalyst 9.3, so we don't have another repeat of Ubuntu 8.10 and their h4x3d version of Catalyst 8.10

[Pfanne]

just imagine!
compiz + random 3D application at the same time!

[bulletxt]

"The proprietary NVIDIA driver is compatible with X Server 1.6, while the proprietary Catalyst driver from AMD doesn't yet offer any support for this updated X Server."

I mean, why is NVIDIA always, always, always, always: ahead.

[falloutboy]

just imagine!
compiz + random 3D application at the same time!

+ videoplayback! ... don't be ridiculous ...

[some-guy]

+ videoplayback! ... don't be ridiculous ...

Well, you can use gl output now (thanks to dri2)

This was earlier than I expected

[madman2k]

"The proprietary NVIDIA driver is compatible with X Server 1.6, while the proprietary Catalyst driver from AMD doesn't yet offer any support for this updated X Server."

I mean, why is NVIDIA always, always, always, always: ahead.

because they actually dont use most of the X Server infrastructure, but use their own instead. So to them it is not that a difference whether to replace xserver1.5 or xserver1.6 files.

[Melcar]

"The proprietary NVIDIA driver is compatible with X Server 1.6, while the proprietary Catalyst driver from AMD doesn't yet offer any support for this updated X Server."

I mean, why is NVIDIA always, always, always, always: ahead.

Seen as it was just officially released, one can assume that fglrx will have official support by the 9.4 release. 9.3 would be nice, but I have my doubts.

[susikala]

"The proprietary NVIDIA driver is compatible with X Server 1.6, while the proprietary Catalyst driver from AMD doesn't yet offer any support for this updated X Server."

I mean, why is NVIDIA always, always, always, always: ahead.

That statement is largely false: the FOSS drivers are very well supported on 1.6., and generally closely trace its development.

[Kano]

So will that mean that fglrx will support it now