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Version 0.49 - 28 February 2008

- XFdrake: background images are now jpeg files

Version 0.48 - 28 February 2008

- XFdrake:
  o when setting background for the resolution, handle "hour"-based
    backgrounds (also add Mandriva.xml symlink)
  
Version 0.47 - 27 February 2008

- XFdrake:
  o when setting background for the resolution, handle "hour"-based backgrounds

Version 0.46 - 18 February 2008

- XFdrake:
  o add 1024x600 (used on Samsung Q1Ultra) (#37889)

Version 0.45 - 5 February 2008

- XFdrake:
  o add 800x480 (used on belinea s.book) (#37486)

Version 0.44 - 25 January 2008

- library for installer:
  o do not force "us" keyboard on everybody that choose "English (American)" 
    (#36575)

Version 0.43 - 23 January 2008

- XFdrake:
  o if the EDID gives a valid EISA_ID, a valid 16/10 preferred resolution, but
    no HorizSync/VertRefresh, use a generic flat panel HorizSync/VertRefresh

Version 0.42 - 22 January 2008

- XFdrake:
  o sort monitors in text mode so that "Generic|..." monitors do not appear 
    in the middle of "Vendor|..." monitors
- use SendCoreEvents instead of AlwaysCore for wacoms
- mousedrake:
  o use udev in $PATH instead of /lib/udev/usb_id
    (need latest udev pkg)

Version 0.41 - 14 December 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin

- mousedrake:
  o use SendCoreEvents instead of AlwaysCore for Synaptics touchpads (#36140)

Version 0.40 - 10 December 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- XFdrake:
  o never write a ModeLine when using fglrx driver (#30934)

Version 0.39 - 30 November 2007, by Anssi Hannula

- keyboarddrake:
  o use kr(kr104) for the korean keyboard, and don't prompt for a toggle key
    since korean use input method instead
- use /dev/input/by-id/xxx device instead of vendor+product for evdev mice
  (vendor+product support is dropped in x11-driver-input-evdev-1.2.0)
- fix device /dev/input/by-id/usb-$ID_SERIAL-event-mouse for wacoms
  when the ID_SERIAL contains special chars

Version 0.38 - 1 November 2007, by Anssi Hannula

- display message "This setting will be activated after the installation." 
  only during installation (Pixel)
- handle fglrx_dri.so handled by alternatives

Version 0.37 - 4 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- if we probe a monitor EISA_ID but we don't have corresponding
  HorizSync/VertRefresh, we must not use the monitor info
- when checking dkms module packages, check that modules are either
  available in urpmi media, or already installed (fix detection in live)

Version 0.36 - 4 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- better fix for typo in 0.32: don't wrongly default to "automatic" resolution
  when creating xorg.conf (in non --auto) (#34453)

Version 0.35 - 3 October 2007, by Thierry Vignaud

- updated translation

Version 0.34 - 28 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud

- updated translation

Version 0.33 - 28 September 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin

- we don't set ModulesPath to DRI_GLX_SPECIAL value, so we must read it
  differently so that Xconfig::various::info() is correct (#31326)
- add support for x11-driver-input-vboxmouse when inside a VirtualBox guest
- fix typo in 0.32: don't wrongly default to "automatic" resolution when
  creating xorg.conf (in non --auto)

Version 0.32 - 26 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- monitor-probe-using-X can now return EDIDs. if Xorg find an EDID (whereas
  monitor-get-edid-using-vbe failed), defaults to "Plug'n Play" monitor (ie
  let Xorg do things automatically) instead of good_default_monitor.
  (requires monitor-edid 1.12)
- fix typo in 0.30: do not use "Automatic" resolution by default in --auto

Version 0.31 - 25 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud

- updated translation

Version 0.30 - 25 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- add support for "Automatic" resolution (aka "let xorg do everything")
- when user asks for "Plug'n Play", silently default to Xorg auto-detection
  when we fail to auto-detect

Version 0.29 - 21 September 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin

- unload drivers loaded by monitor-probe-using-X
  (fix fglrx usage when harddrake probes using X and loads radeon driver)

Version 0.28 - 20 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- when using evdev for mice, ensure it doesn't match a keyboard
  (eg: in case of a mouse+keyboard combo) (#32905)
- fix regression in 0.24: remove bogus duplicates in monitors tree (#33778)

Version 0.27 - 19 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- for evdev configured mice, specify bustype
  (useful for "Macintosh mouse button emulation" which has same vendor/product
   as "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard")
  (need drakxtools-backend 10.4.203)

Version 0.26 - 17 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- handle fglrx-hd2000 driver (Anssi)

Version 0.25 - 10 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- in the list of available Xorg drivers, add "Driver" from Cards+
  (will ease the maintainance of the list of drivers in Xconfig/card.pm)
- minimal support for allowing to choose evdev on all mice

Version 0.24 - 7 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- do not configure XFS, it's useless
- fix default_headers (ie allow XFdrake to create xorg.conf from scratch again)
- keep the order from MonitorsDB file 
  (allows "Flat Panel 800x600" to be before "Flat Panel 1024x768")
  (needs a nicely sorted MonitorsDB though)

Version 0.23 - 6 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- do not start xfs for the test (#33219)

Version 0.22 - 27 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- do configure XFS if installed
- when removing/replacing an InputDevice section, ensure we remove the
  corresponding entry in ServerLayout. ie do not rely on InputDevice sections
  to use XFdrake-compatible Identifiers (as suggested by fcrozat)
- add avivo in the Xorg drivers list
- handle libglx.so provided by standard.conf alternative
- handle x11-driver-video-fglrx instead of ati

Version 0.21 - 8 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- handle nvidia-current instead of nvidia97xx (thanks to Anssi)
- handle x11-driver-video-$nvidia instead of $nvidia
- adapt to kbd instead of console-tools: s/kmap/map/

Version 0.20 - 3 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- fix detection of touchpad on some kernels (#31584)
  (need drakxtools-backend >= 10.4.145)
- internal: add many options as having to be used only once, easing their use
  and fixing setting them 
  (eg #31942 where one can't click "Options" after setting EXA)
- drop support for installing/configuring 915resolution 
  (no more needed since x11-driver-video-intel 2.0)
- do not configure using xfs anymore (#32051)

Version 0.19 - 9 July 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- wacom configuration: 
  o enhance configuration by using /dev/input/by-id/xxx
    (need drakxtools-backend >= 10.4.144)
  o add "pad" InputDevice section
- fix displaying "3D hardware acceleration: no" for nvidia proprietary driver
  (#31326)

Version 0.18 - 14 June 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- handle resolution switch via xrandr without restarting X (#30896)
- add 1366x768, 1360x768 and 1360x765 resolutions
- add big standard resolutions (4/3, 16/10, 16/9)
- [bugfix] fix test message not translated (#30261)
- remove all fglrx options, hopefully default is good enough
  (and at least MonitorLayout option is depreacated as reported on cooker)

Version 0.17 - 9 May 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- fix using proprietary driver (remove debug code) (thanks to Michael Altizer)

Version 0.16 - 30 April 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- ask "Do you wish to use proprietary driver" before installing the needed packages
- don't use 1280x1024 prefered resolution (#30069)
  (using prefered resolution only when adding explicit gtf modelines)
- handle new intel driver (including migration from "i810")
- workaround buggy fglrx driver: make dm restart xserver (#29550)

Version 0.15 - 3 April 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- drakkeyboard & rescue: fix loadkeys_files() for x86_64
- ensure VertRefresh range include 60Hz (for buggy edids, #30094)

Version 0.14 - 23 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- enable Composite by default on nvidia97xx and nvidia96xx 
  (still disabled on nvidia71xx and fglrx) (#29445)

Version 0.13 - 22 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- fix typo making installation discard nvidia driver

Version 0.12 - 22 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- ensure ModulePath is not dropped after changing an option (#29591)

Version 0.11 - 15 March 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin

- introduce pkg_name_for_Driver2 (for One generation)

Version 0.10 - 13 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- use option AddARGBGLXVisuals when Composite is enabled on proprietary nvidia
  driver (cf #28779)
- remove empty section Extensions after disabling Composite
- ensure "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/" is removed from ModulePath (note the ending "/")
- if we have some special ModulePath, ensure the last one is the standard ModulePath

Version 0.9 - 12 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- fix typo breaking GL configuration for fglrx (#29379)
- old behaviour of X auto configuration: prompt for (old school) multi-head
  choice instead of failing
- adapt the card names to Cards+ changes
  (nb: this is mostly obsolete stuff, to be dropped after 2007.1)

Version 0.8 - 5 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- bug fix release:
- the Driver must be nvidia for nvidia drivers
- remove debug code forcing GeForce

Version 0.7 - 2 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- handle 'nvidia97xx',  'nvidia96xx' & 'nvidia71xx' NV drivers

Version 0.6 - 1 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- use ModulePath "/usr/LIB/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
  instead of Load "/usr/LIB/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"
  (#28779)

Version 0.5 - 8 February 2007, by Thierry Vignaud

- add icons moved out of drakxtools

Version 0.4 - 29 January 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux

- bug fix release
- keyboarddrake
  o make it work again (#28438)

Version 0.3 - 19 January 2007, by Thierry Vignaud

- do use translations

Version 0.2 - 19 January 2007, by Thierry Vignaud

- fix installing

Version 0.1 - 18 January 2007, by Thierry Vignaud

- initial release (splited out of drakxtools)