[Tfug] downgrading Xorg

[erich]

      As with any software package that is as complicated as 
xorg-server, new versions
don't necessarily satisfy all tastes all at once.

      Using HAL & evdev is a good idea, and that works. However  
xorg-server-1.5.3-r6 didn't
satisfy me in other quarters. The nvidia driver refused to integrate 
when I built it, and I had no
control over the screen resolution. I got GLX to work when I switched to 
the xorg-x11
library set for OpenGL. However that places the graphics burden on the 
CPU while
the nvidia graphics chip is used only to a tiny fraction of its capability.

      So now I've downgraded to what I had in the first place: 
xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6. The
video performance is magnificent. Fine detail, 24-bit color depth, 
animation with
out using an ounce of CPU resources.

      There is some confusion over xorg-server versions depending on the 
distro.
The command "xdpyinfo" on my machine says X.Org version: 1.3.0. So here's my
question: Do other distros have a package called xorg-sever.deb/rpm? 
When you
type your xdpyinfo does the X.Org version match (partly) the package 
version?

                                                                 Cheers,
                                                                 Erich