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On Saturday 24 July 2010 01:11:23 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:56 PM, David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:50:01 +0200, Mick wrote about [gentoo-user] |
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> > |
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> > Cairo XCB: |
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> > >I have seen messages similar to these: |
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> > > * Messages for package x11-libs/cairo-1.8.10: |
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> > > |
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> > > * You have enabled the Cairo XCB backend which is used only by |
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> > > * a select few apps. The Cairo XCB backend is presently |
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> > > * un-maintained and needs a lot of work to get it caught up |
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> > > * to the Xrender and Xlib backends, which are the backends used |
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> > > * by most applications. See: |
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> > > * http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xcb/2008-December/004139.html |
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> > |
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> > [snip] |
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> > |
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> > >which means that it's the default. What should I do with it, wait |
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> > >until the default profile gets rid of it, or do something different? |
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> > |
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> > My take is that the warning is against writing new applications that |
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> > might use the XCB back-end. Unless you are writing expressly X Window |
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> > (i.e. low level) applications, just ignore it. |
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> > -- |
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> > Regards, |
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> > |
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> > Dave [RLU #314465] |
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> > ====================================================================== |
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> > dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon) |
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> > ====================================================================== |
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> |
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> I put -xcb in the USE variable of /etc/make.conf, and did an emerge -aDNvu. |
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> Everything works, |
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> and cairo no longer complains. Ignoring it would probably have worked for |
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> me too, but it would have |
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> left me worrying. |
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Thanks guys. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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