Re: What to do with base X11 for netbsd-9 ?

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

Well, my problems are not with X but with in-kernel nouveau driver.  I
have noted my issues several times in the past:

  * GTX 1050-Ti not supported, so I have to use vga kernel driver.
  * Shutting down xdm(8) normally results in a totally black screen
    with no control, and no ability even for blind typing.
  * Therefore, a system shutdown or reboot requires manually using
    ``kill -9'' on xdm (from the console), followed by shutdown(9).
  * Once I've killed xdm, I cannot restart it - I _must_ reboot!
  * Attempts to use the vesa driver (rather than vga) have been
    unsuccessful.

I have a (rather "sub-optimal") workaround for my situation, so it's not
critical, and I would not use my issues as a reason for delaying the
up-coming branch of NetBSD-9.

I am curious why we need to apparently build all of the LLVM stuff for a
release?  If LLVM is needed as part of the build, it should be built as
host tools;  I don't understand why we _also_ need to build LLVM for the
target machine.  (And, if the answer to this is YES, we should probably
find a way to build-and-install a minimal subset, not the whole thing!)



On Wed, 29 May 2019, Martin Husemann wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I would like to get your feedback about the current state of the base X11,
> as there have been lots of threads about various issues and I have lost
> the overview of what works in -current and what does not.
>
> We *really* need to branch netbsd-9 very soon now, and it is unclear (at
> least to me) what should happen to the in-tree X11 version.
>
> - we have very obvious display bugs at first sight in xdm
> - self hosting builds on 4 GB amd64 machines are not really possible
>   any more (due to LLVM runtime dependencies, which can not even be
>   disabled at build time right now)
> - reports here (and on other lists) about display problems and success
>   stories have no clear winner (but probably due to me losing track)
>
> So what is you story/opinion: is base X11 usable in -current? If not,
> what needs to be done or what hardware needs fixes?
>
> Martin
>
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