kernel26-lts xorg server

koliasforever · 2010-02-14 01:20:18

Hi. I want to have both kernel26-lts and kerlel26 at the same time. Is there any way when i boot from kernel26-lts to load an old xorg server and xf86-video-intel-legacy drivers, and when i boot from the running kernel to load the current xorg-server and xf86-video-intel???

davidgurvich · 2010-02-14 02:22:29

The trivial way is to have the root be a different partition depending on kernel, ie a secondary installation. The more difficult technique is to install xorg into a unionfs type system and have multiple versions including dependencies that can be joined with root depending on which kernel is loaded.

Last edited by davidgurvich (2010-02-14 02:23:35)

pyther · 2010-02-14 02:51:03

As david stated separate installs would be the most painless. You could share home and possibly /var.

Why do you want a older xorg with an older kernel? Maybe a stable, non-rolling release, distro would fit better in your application?

koliasforever · 2010-02-14 15:22:43

pyther wrote:

As david stated separate installs would be the most painless. You could share home and possibly /var.
Why do you want a older xorg with an older kernel? Maybe a stable, non-rolling release, distro would fit better in your application?

I want an older Xorg because xf86-video-intel-legacy only works with older xorgs. Actualy i don't have any problem with the current kernel and the current intel driver. It's fine. I was just curious.

pierce.jason · 2010-02-16 22:00:58

Depending on how you start your x server, you could have a script check uname, then run a different command to start the other version of X. looking at the xorg-server PKGBUILD, there seems to be a few path directives you'd want to change for your alternate build such as:
--prefix=/usr
--sysconfdir=/etc/X11
--localstatedir=/var
--with-xkb-path=/usr/share/X11/xkb
--with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb
--with-dri-driver-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri

Also, are you talking about the actual "xorg-old" repos that people are using for ATI Catalyst/FGLRX, or some other older xorg versions?

koliasforever · 2010-02-17 19:45:42

pierce.jason wrote:

Depending on how you start your x server, you could have a script check uname, then run a different command to start the other version of X. looking at the xorg-server PKGBUILD, there seems to be a few path directives you'd want to change for your alternate build such as:
--prefix=/usr
--sysconfdir=/etc/X11
--localstatedir=/var
--with-xkb-path=/usr/share/X11/xkb
--with-xkb-output=/var/lib/xkb
--with-dri-driver-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri

Also, are you talking about the actual "xorg-old" repos that people are using for ATI Catalyst/FGLRX, or some other older xorg versions?

I'm talking about some other older xorg versions. As i said, i have no problem with the current kernel. Maybe i'll give it a try when i become more experienced user. Thank you very much

stefanwilkens · 2010-02-17 23:40:24

grab an old image of ubuntu lts?

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kernel26-lts xorg server

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