[arch-general] xorg-server 1.6.0 in testing

[Flavio Costa]

Glxgears does not display errors messages here.

My VGA is:

> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated
> Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
>


On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:09 AM, Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Jan de Groot <jan at jgc.homeip.net> wrote:
> > The upcoming version of xorg-server will have a lot of workarounds and
> > patches removed. Doing so, the package becomes easier to understand, as
> > even its maintainer has no idea what is happening anymore. When
> > upgrading to xorg-server-1.6, you will see these file conflicts on most
> > systems:
> >
> > error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting files)
> > xorg-server: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so exists in
> > filesystem
> > xorg-server: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so exists in filesystem
> >
> > It's safe and advised to overwrite these files. The symlinks were
> > previously created from post_install by the xorg-server and nvidia-utils
> > packages. It is advised to install xorg-server first by using "pacman
> > -Sf xorg-server", after which you can upgrade the rest of your system.
> >
> > This release of xorg-server requires a rebuild of all video and input
> > drivers. Older drivers will fail to load with an ABI mismatch. Drivers
> > in our repositories will receive an update to match the xorg-server ABI.
> >
> > Nvidia has updated their latest drivers with support for this version of
> > xorg-server. AMD does not support xorg-server-1.6 yet in their Catalyst
> > drivers. AMD users are advised to switch to the xf86-video-ati or
> > xf86-video-radeonhd drivers instead, or keep any X.Org related updates
> > on hold via IgnorePkg in pacman.conf. This can be done by putting
> > xorg-server in IgnorePkg in pacman.conf. All other updates should have
> > conflicts set, so it will be clear which additional packages should be
> > added to the IgnorePkg list on your system. Note that there will be no
> > support for older versions of xorg-server when this version moves to
> > extra.
> >
> >
>
> I'm having problems with the intel drivers and OpenGL. With OpenGL
> sceensavers, I don't really know how to describe it but I can guess
> what's on the screen but it's garbled.  With some OpenGL games, I get
> a black screen.  I get the following message on the terminal:
> get fences failed: -1
> param: 6, val: 0
>
> I also get that message when running glxgears which works fine.  My video
> card:
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM
> Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated
> Graphics Device (rev 02)
>
> Ask if you need more informations.
>
> Eric
>



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Flávio Coutinho da Costa