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From: Per-Erik Westerberg <per-erik.westerberg@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X plans
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:54:13
Message-Id: 1123696306.11984.6.camel@hobbes.bredband.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X plans by Donnie Berkholz
1 Ubuntu "Breezy" has also problems with the "fixed" font when I updated
2 it, the "fonts.alias" file is missing from the "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
3 directory, maybe it is the same problem that people are experiencing?
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5 / Per-Erik
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7 tis 2005-08-09 klockan 11:16 -0700 skrev Donnie Berkholz:
8 > Donnie Berkholz wrote:
9 > | If you find bugs that aren't purely ebuild problems, do not file them at
10 > | bugs.gentoo.org -- go to bugs.freedesktop.org, in the xorg product.
11 > |
12 > | Two USE flags you will care about are "dri" and "glx" -- both are
13 > | necessary to get accelerated 3D.
14 >
15 > A few updates:
16 >
17 > I'm working on a Mesa ebuild to add; this will provide the gl.h
18 > everyone's been complaining about missing. My dev box is really screwy
19 > because of orphaned files, things lying around from CVS, etc, so I
20 > didn't realize this would actually be required until yesterday.
21 >
22 > Until then, just build xorg without glx.
23 >
24 > People have been trouble actually starting the X server, because it
25 > can't find the 'fixed' font. I suspect that the font-misc-misc package
26 > is either installing wrong, or the font tools are messed up. Replace the
27 > /usr/share/fonts/misc/ directory with one from an older install.
28 >
29 > Also there have been errors of the freetype/type1/trap modules not found
30 > on startx. They aren't yet built in xorg-server, so you may need to copy
31 > them over from an older install.
32 >
33 > You may need to create a symlink /usr/bin/X -> Xorg.
34 >
35 > I also have reports that XKB isn't working properly yet. It'd be nice
36 > for someone to look into how to fix this.
37 >
38 > That's all I can think of for now.
39 >
40 > Thanks,
41 > Donnie
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X plans Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>