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

[Paul B. Mahol]

On 2/3/09, Marcin Cieslak <saper at system.pl> 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!
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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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Missing freetype module should be fixed in xorg-server git.

-- 
Paul