Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:33:10 +1000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg upgrade disaster: Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0". Message-ID: <1233624790.1092.1.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <49860ABC.1030205@system.pl> References: <49837CFD.4080603@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <49860ABC.1030205@system.pl>
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On Sun, 2009-02-01 at 21:49 +0100, Marcin Cieslak wrote: > O. Hartmann wrote: > > After upgrading one of my FreeBSD 8.0-CUR/amd64 boxes to new xorg-7.4 > > and having done hurting recompiling nearly everything/package twice now > > firefox3 still doesn't work properly and hits me when starting with this > > error message: > > > > Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0". > > > Looks like libraries (Xext among others) already support the XGE extension: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg/36483 > > but the current the 1.5 Xorg server does not support and the 1.6 release > is behind schedule a bit: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njg4OA > > I keep getting this error after upgrade of X today but everything works > as usual. > Except for me: I have mplayer not working as well as other misc X progs. Same error... > > Then firefox3 freezes forever, showing something like the background or > > pixel remnants of windows/picograms moving over its window. > > The firefox problem is unrelated I think to the message above (as > demonstrated later in the thred) > > --Marcin > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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