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

[Lars Reichardt <lars%paradoxon.info@localhost>]

On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 09:35:02 +0200
Lars Reichardt <lars%paradoxon.info@localhost> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> for me netbsd-current as of yesterday with an upto date xsrc looks
> stable (light desktop use and a quick check of glxgears which runs
> accelerated).
> 
> Hardware consists of a ryzen 7 2700 and an amd radeon,
> OLAND (0x1002:0x6613 0x1043:0x0543).
> 

But I haven't yet found a way to enable 2d acceleration...

> greetings,
> Lars
> 
> * Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>:
> > 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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