[elrepo] package suggestion: USB DisplayLink drivers and X11 driver

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  On 6/10/11 10:51 AM, Phil Perry wrote:
> Great. Lets start with el6 and we can migrate the packages to el5 later
> if possible.
>
OK -- sounds good.

> OK, I did quickly scan that page yesterday. I'm not particularly keen to
> mess with GDM, at least in an elrepo sense. Is this still useful if
> elrepo just provides the kernel and X11 drivers?
>
I do think its still useful without the backported GDM.  I agree that 
elrepo should only provide the kernel and X11 drivers.
> To kick off the development effort, it would be useful if you could get
> it up and running on your system built from source so you know exactly
> what's required for it to work. You would then be able to advise us
> better on packaging the components. But if it's a big deal, don't worry
> - I think we probably have enough to attempt a first build and we can
> take it from there.
>
OK -- I'll recompile the udlfb driver and the X11 driver, and see if I 
can get them working with an extended desktop configuration
> Thanks.
>
> OK, I propose we start by attempting to backport the official kernel
> udlfb driver from the upstream kernel as a kmod package and also package
> the accompanying X11 drivers, for el6.
>
> My next problem is a shortage of time atm due to work commitments. Does
> anyone want to pick this up and run with it, or I can hopefully make a
> start sometime over the next couple weeks. If I pick it up,
> realistically it's not going to get done in the next week :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil
Once I get the drivers recompiled myself, I'll report back here.  And if 
anyone does get around to creating elrepo versions, I will definitely test.

Cheers,
Greg