[HEADS UP/CFT] Xserver 1.6 + randr + intel

[Robert Noland]

On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 20:15 +0100, Marcin Cieslak wrote:
> Robert Noland wrote:
> > Ok, I'm expecting Xserver 1.6 final to release sometime on Monday.  I'm
> > planning to commit this sometime next week.  This patch includes the
> > following Xserver 1.6rc2, randrproto rc, libXrandr rc, xrandr rc, and
> > the 2.6.1 release of the intel driver.
> 
> 
> After a successful upgrade of kernel and world r187968M:two days ago and 
> a successful (sic!) update of X to server 1.5.3 and friends I have 
> decided to give 1.6 a try.
> 
> I have tried this both with intel and nv driver (my laptop has both but 
> only one can be active at the time - switchable at the boot time).
> 
> 1. First thing, I have lost access to my legacy X11 fonts.
> 
> [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, 
> removing from list!
> [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, 
> removing from list!
> [dix] Could not init font path element /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF, 
> removing from list!

The font issue is being discussed on the xorg lists and I expect a
resolution will be present in the final 1.6 server.

> etc.
> 
> I get:
> 
> % xset fp+ /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
> xset:  bad font path element (#23), possible causes are:
>      Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>      Directory missing fonts.dir
>      Incorrect font server address or syntax
> 
> There is no more a "freetype" and "xtrap" module, so I had to change by 
> config.

AFAICT, xtrap is just gone... I need to get some clarification on what
is going on with freetype.

> Gtk applications (seamonkey) and Qt (psi) have no problems with fonts,
> but xterm does. xterm is unable to locate any bitmap font (fallback to 
> "fixed") and when told to use Freetype fonts (-fa 'Luxi Mono-10' option) 
> it looks like black text on black background (my xterm has a white fb, 
> black bg). You can issue commands in such a window (the letter spacing 
> is preserved and the cursor moves), but xterm segfaults when there is
> a need to scroll.
> 
> xterm -bg white segfaults immediately,
> 
> xterm has been recompiled after 1.6 installation.
> 
> 2. Once (when running NVidia) the server froze, i.e. I could only move 
> mouse and no keys worked (including server zap, switching VTs or 
> Ctrl-Alt-Del). This happened when displaying a fast-scrolling 
> ./configure output of the libXfont in a full-screen xterm window.

I'm not really setup to test the nv driver at the moment, so I can't add
a lot here.

robert.

> The freeze doesn't look like
> a http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17358 however.
> 
> I am using dwm as the window manager.
> 
> A bunch of config files and output from various commands is available at:
> 
> http://akson.sgh.waw.pl/~saper/FreeBSD/ports/xorg-server/xorg-1.6/
> 
> --Marcin
> 
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Robert Noland <rnoland at FreeBSD.org>
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