As I understand, currently the newer Xorg 1.6 and above does not work properly with the older ATI proprietary drivers.
This driver is compatible with Xorg server versions 1.7 to 1.19.0 It requires the mtdev library to operate. For more information on the protocol see the kernel documentation. Supports any trackpad whose kernel driver uses the slotted multitouch protocol.
They are provided by the xf86-input-* packages.Īn Xorg driver for multitouch trackpads.
These drivers can grab everything from power buttons to mice and keyboards. If xorg-minimal was installed and a device is not responding, or behaving unexpectedly, a different driver may correct the issue. A number of input drivers are available for Xorg.Archive of historical glamor development (now included in xserver) (mirrored from ) root.The Xorg package for Arch is a meta-package, meaning it’s actually a large bundle of software that includes everything that you’ll need for Xorg. All graphical applications, including your desktop environment, are built on top of Xorg. The next piece that you’re going to need is the Xorg server itself.It is a common problem for a Linux installer to mismatches the driver because graphic card vendors do not supply the latest drivers to Linux (mainly to MS Windows) or make their drivers complying with the standard. In your nf you will see what driver Mint has selected for you. Only after nf generated successfully should you copy it.Here is what the Xorg startup log will look like for an nvidia card and the nvidia proprietary driver. By default Xorg can try to autodetect but you can manually force a driver by putting a Device stanza in an Xorg conf file.I managed to get the intel driver working by disabling DDC in /etc/X11/nf: Section "Device" The "i810" driver will work, but it's not the preferred driver for this chipset.So, from a developer interest point of view, Xorg is abandonware. Given the serious and perceived unfixable security problems with Xorg, Keith went on to start Wayland. Keith Packard was the main developer of XFree86 before he fell out with the steering (or rather parking :-) committee, and went on to set up Xorg.