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by **Neela Mohan Gollapu** » Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00

I was wondering if people had any opinions between the Metro X Server
and Xfree86 - just for use, not for development.
Criteria are obviously speed and stability.
Thanks
neela

by **THONNE PIERR** » Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Hi,

I've tried the MetroX server on my laptop (Pentium 120Mzh). I use RH5.1
with KDE.
It work smothly with no problem. I've not make any benchmark. I came
back to the SVGA server from XFree86 because the metrox server was not a
plus for me. The plus is that the MetroX server can handle more than one
GraphicCard/screen + the touch screen.

Pierre

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> Posted At: Monday 30 November 1998 7:59
> Posted To: misc
> Conversation: Metro X Server or Xfree86?
> Subject: Metro X Server or Xfree86?

> I was wondering if people had any opinions between the Metro X Server
> and Xfree86 - just for use, not for development.
> Criteria are obviously speed and stability.
> Thanks
> neela

by **Jim Nicholso** » Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00

I've run both under RH5.0, both were very stable. I've not
benchmarked them, co I can't comment on speed.

One thing I would say is that Metro-X requires you to disable gpm
before you startx, plus it wouldn't let me run X applications as an
su'd user. Which is why I switched back to XFree86.

Jim

by **Michael McConnel** » Thu, 03 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Quote:> I've run both under RH5.0, both were very stable. I've not
> benchmarked them, co I can't comment on speed.

> One thing I would say is that Metro-X requires you to disable gpm
> before you startx, plus it wouldn't let me run X applications as an
> su'd user. Which is why I switched back to XFree86.

I can't say for Metro-X, but for XFree86, to run an su'd X app, I first have
to xhost +<my hostname> ... Did you try that on Metro-X?

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by **Jim Nicholso** » Fri, 04 Dec 1998 04:00:00

> > I've run both under RH5.0, both were very stable. I've not
> > benchmarked them, co I can't comment on speed.

> > One thing I would say is that Metro-X requires you to disable gpm
> > before you startx, plus it wouldn't let me run X applications as an
> > su'd user. Which is why I switched back to XFree86.

> I can't say for Metro-X, but for XFree86, to run an su'd X app, I first have
> to xhost +<my hostname> ... Did you try that on Metro-X?

As I recall Metro-X was using user-based authenticaton, not host
based, whereas XFree86 was using host-based auhentication, and my host
was already known to xhost.