Re: many in-tree xorg packages updated

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

2009/6/12 Nicolas Joly <njoly%pasteur.fr@localhost>:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:29:52PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
>>
>> amd64 and i386 worlds build again.  i expect anything else
>> with native xorg is non-trivially broken.
>>
>> i haven't yet attempted to run the new xorg-server.  i expect
>> that it has more issues yet.
>>
>> as usual, please report here or send-pr any problems you see.
>
> I updated my amd64 laptop, and encountered some problems.

Just to confirm that i386 is exactly the same.

>
> 1) Xorg -configure' does not work anymore due to missing
>   `xf86GetPciVideoInfo' symbol.
>
> root@nicodeme [~]# Xorg -configure
> [...]
> X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1)
> Release Date: 2009-5-8
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: NetBSD/amd64  -
> [...]
>        wsfb
>        vesa
> /usr/X11R7/lib/modules/drivers//nsc_drv.so: Undefined PLT symbol
> "xf86GetPciVideoInfo" (symnum = 395)
>
> /usr/X11R7/lib/modules/drivers//vga_drv.so: Undefined PLT symbol
> "xf86GetPciVideoInfo" (symnum = 35)
>
> Some drivers modules does not seems to be able to access PCI with
> libpciaccess ... At least nsc and vga suffer from this problem.
>
> As a work-around, i removed the offending modules, and it started
> working.
>
> 2) Trying to start the X server fails because of missing default `glx'
>   module which does not exists anymore ...
>
> root@nicodeme [~]# X -config /home/njoly/xorg.conf.new
> [...]
> X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1)
> Release Date: 2009-5-8
> [...]
> (++) Using config file: "/home/njoly/xorg.conf.new"
> (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)
>
> From the corresponding log :
>
> (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified 
> in the config file.
> (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in 
> the config file.
> (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
> (II) "record" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified 
> in the config file.
> (II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in 
> the config file.
> (II) "dri2" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in 
> the config file.
>
> --
> Nicolas Joly
>
> Biological Software and Databanks.
> Institut Pasteur, Paris.
>


Chavdar Ivanov
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