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eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

xorg version number explained?

does anyone know why you can refer to xorg as, either 7.4 or 1.5? whats the difference between one and the other? or is it the same?

same happens with ati's fglrx drivers which happen to have two different version numbers for a given release depending on who you talk to.

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: xorg version number explained?

7.x is the version of the whole X.org distribution. 1.x is the version of just a single package, the server.

I don't know about the fglrx version numbers.

Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 2,549

Re: xorg version number explained?

As I understand it:

X Window System: The overall window system. No version numbers.
X11: The protocol. Yes, the 11 is a version number (I think it's actually X11Rsomething).
Xorg: The _implementation_ of the X Window System / X11 that we use. There are others (XFree86, XMing, XQuartz). This is the 7.4, I think.
Xorg server: The main component of Xorg, this is the window server, version 1.5 you mention.

eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

Re: xorg version number explained?

thanks for the answer, now my head spins... ive been trying to track the bugfixes / changes in the new xserver 1.6 and cannot find it. thats why i was asking. since x.org talks about 7.5 to be released in the future.

well, if anyone knows of the changelog, or where to find it...please post