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XFree86 3.3.5 released

Posted by justin++ on from the savage4+qnx-support dept.

DirkHohndel writes "The XFree86 Project has released XFree86-3.3.5. The release notes should be a good first place to start. It might take the mirrors a while to get updated, distribution specific packages for SuSE, Red Hat and Debian should be available at their web sites, soon. Dirk " Dirk was also kind enough to include a short list of importat features which can be viewed below.
  • Support for S3 Savage4 and Savage3D. Limited to Linux/x86 at this point.
  • Support for S3 Trio3D/2X.
  • Support for DGux.
  • Support for QNX.
  • Fix bug in Mach64 server on Rage LT and Rage LT Pro.
  • Fix SiS driver for 530 and 620.
  • Fix the spurious underline problem on NVidia Riva TNT cards.
  • Fix the PS/2 mouse problem with later Linux kernels.
  • Misc updates and bugfixes in Rendition driver.
  • Updates from SuSE and Red Hat, including more keyboards, PAM support, ARM and AXP fixes, security fixes.

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  1. Re:Upgrade, "strongly reccomended" ? by absolute · · Score: 3

    When I upgraded from 3.3.3 to 3.3.4 I noticed a slight speed increase using my V3 3000.

    Using Xengine as a benchmark :), i went from 1000RPM to about 3000RPM...

    Hopefully the debian team will have it out in a day or so in .debs for potato (I love bleeding edge).