Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:43:11 +0200 From: Alexander Yerenkow <yerenkow@gmail.com> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [CFT] xorg 7.7 Message-ID: <CAPJF9wmSiNNpfE8GgTACobBzWbPQ=UbH0YjnoGX--Ra=qP4ACA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDe_aTfzUJOzu=YNs79sK7bTzZpe1dRrd0chH1TyrKGSjA@mail.gmail.com> References: <513E5197.70509@freebsd.org> <CAO%2BPfDe_aTfzUJOzu=YNs79sK7bTzZpe1dRrd0chH1TyrKGSjA@mail.gmail.com>
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2013/3/12 David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> > 2013/3/11 Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> > > > The FreeBSD xorg team (x11@) presents this update of the FreeBSD xorg > > port to version 7.7. > > This CFT is intended to weed out as many bugs and regressions as > > possible before merging xorg 7.7 into ports, please test it as much as > > possible, to make it as good as can be. > > We need testers of both new and old xorg, on as many architectures and > > hardware combinations as possible. > > Please report both successes and failures, and remember to include which > > architecture, graphics card, version of FreeBSD and compiler you are > > using, as well as relevant logs if any. > > > > This CFT and any updates can either be obtained using SVN from > > https://trillian.chruetertee.ch/svn/ports/branches/xorg-7.7 . > > Once this ports overlay is obtained, it is necessary to run the > > xorgmerge script, obtainable here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~miwi/xorg/xorgmerge . > > Please don't forget to update directories before running this script. > > > > A patch against the ports tree is also available, and can be obtained > > from http://people.freebsd.org/~zeising/xorg-7.7.diff . > > Apply this using either > > svn patch /path/to/xorg-7.7.diff > > if your ports tree is managed by svn or > > patch -p0 -E < /path/to/xorg-7.7.diff > > if your ports tree is managed by portsnap > > Remember -E, so that empty files are removed. > > This patch will be kept as up to date as possible, but might lag a > > little behind the SVN repository. > > > > Once the patch is in your ports tree, to build the old xorg, just cd to > > /usr/ports/x11/xorg and run make install. > > To get the new xorg, first set WITH_NEW_XORG in /etc/make.conf then > > proceed as above. > > > > Hopefully we will also be able to make packages and test images > > available for use, however, this is not done yet. A link for these > > packages and images will be posted in a follow-up mail. > > > > In this CFT: > > * xorg-server 1.12.4 (WITH_NEW_XORG) > > * Mesa 8.0.5 (WITH_NEW_XORG) > > * Updated dri > > * libX11 1.5 > > * libxcb 1.8 > > * updates for drivers > > * Updates for all other utilities and libraries > > > > Known issues: > > The issues with imake and makedepend requiring a gnu compatible cpp is > > not yet resolved. > > Hardware acceleration for certain ATI radeon cards might no longer work, > > if compiled with WITH_NEW_XORG. This is expected to be resolved once > > the work of porting TTM/KMS for radeon is completed. > > > > > Thank you very much, thus people that have still old radeon cards such as > 4xxx that does not need KMS can just go on with xorg without WITH_NEW_XORG > set right? > You probably could also modify radeon port, add --disable-kms and rebuild it, all should be fine. I'll come up in near days with prebuilt images with all these stuff, to test it easily. > For more information see https://wiki.freebsd.org/Xorg or come visit us > > on IRC, #freebsd-xorg @ EFNet > > Best Regards > > > > Regards, > > -- > Demelier David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Alexander Yerenkow
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