Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.1.0-16
Severity: normal
system had debian potato 2.2 on it, upgraded to "stable" via
internet on a REALLY old machine: it worked, it was dog-slow
as it only had 32mb of system ram. upgrade to "stable" was
performed two months ago, installed latest xserver-xfree
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stall xserver-xfree86
at all when neither the meta package x-window-system nor
x-window-system-core nor the real package xfonts-base is
not installed?
if x-window-system is a meta-package that installs
xserver-xfree86, what is the equivalent package to
x-window-system that gets xserver-mach32 installe
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:06:38PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:50:38PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
> scrawled:
> > [kasnip]
> >
> > xserver-xfree86 _definitely_ depends on xfonts-base, despite what
> > you think.
> >
okay, how about this as a solution.
the debconf / apt xserver configuration performs a detection
that xfree86 has failed (runs it).
then it checks the configuration and the fonts options
and then asks, based on that information,
"it has been noted that [you do not have xfonts-base installed],
n
... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
"questions" like it can do pre-configure "questions"?
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:06:17AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> okay,
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 06:16:24AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote:
chris, thanks for responding.
i acknowledge and understand what you are saying about
aptitude.
if i had known that it existed, and had a command-line-only
interface, i would have investigated and possibly even used
it well befor
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:08:36AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > if i didn't care about debian, and didn't want other
> > people like my brother and my friends to be able to
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:04:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:42:08AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > ... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
> > it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 09:09:33AM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
> scrawled:
> > i _did_ know of dselect and don't like it, it is _way_ too
> > confusing and terse: keystrokes are invisible and it is
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.2.1-5
Severity: normal
this _may_ be kernel-related.
it _may_ be related to the keyboard bugs that have also
been reported.
approximately in 2001 there was a serious crash problem
related to the mouse that i helped martin pool to help
you reproduce.
the prob
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 04:57:25PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 04:14:34PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xfree86
> > Version: 4.2.1-5
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > this _may_ be kernel-related.
>
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:05:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:06:24AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > ... why would x version 3 work fine (same kernel),
> > and xfree86 v4 not?
>
> Possibly because XFree6 4.2.1 has a differe
at 11:08:51AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:05:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > Well, our kernel maintainer has been unresponsive to the kernel
> > > keybounce bug, which I see on the virtual console of my iBook from time
dear herbet,
it was suggested to me after conversations with branden that
i relate to you a story that may be of assistance to you.
i believe that there is interaction between the linux kernel
and xfree86 that is causing keyboard and mouse problems.
the linux kernel is not at fault.
xfree86 is
oops! thanks!
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 09:44:53AM +1100, Neale Banks wrote:
> > i just got a bounce back from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I think you slipped an "r" there.
2003 at 12:14:07AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> >
> > it was suggested to me after conversations with branden that
> > i relate to you a story that may be of assistance to you.
>
> As I have stated before, all we need to resolve #142569/#156563 is for
&g
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.2.1-5
Severity: normal
hi branden, hi herbert,
i do not know what it is, but 2.5.3 is "useable" where the mouse event
unreliability is "tolerable" and in 2.4.20 it is completely
unacceptable.
under 2.4.20, an action as simple as selecting a drop-down menu
cau
hiya people,
just to recap: i agreed with herbert to patch my 2.4.20 kernel
to include some debugging information in the ps/2 module, but
since then have not compiled up a 2.4.20 kernel for my machine
(running with the "standard" debian 2.4.20 i am not sure what
to do, so have left it).
once this
branden, herbert: hi.
regarding this issue: i can make things more tolerable by, after
running startx, doing a ps -ax, looking for /usr/bin/X, and issuing
a renice -20 pid_of_X.
also i don't know if you're aware of this but if i renice 10 pid_of_X
the mouse does not respond AT ALL (but the keyboa
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.1.0-16
Severity: normal
system had debian potato 2.2 on it, upgraded to "stable" via
internet on a REALLY old machine: it worked, it was dog-slow
as it only had 32mb of system ram. upgrade to "stable" was
performed two months ago, installed latest xserver-xfree
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stall xserver-xfree86
at all when neither the meta package x-window-system nor
x-window-system-core nor the real package xfonts-base is
not installed?
if x-window-system is a meta-package that installs
xserver-xfree86, what is the equivalent package to
x-window-system that gets xserver-mach32 installe
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:06:38PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:50:38PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton scrawled:
> > [kasnip]
> >
> > xserver-xfree86 _definitely_ depends on xfonts-base, despite what
> > you think.
> >
> >
okay, how about this as a solution.
the debconf / apt xserver configuration performs a detection
that xfree86 has failed (runs it).
then it checks the configuration and the fonts options
and then asks, based on that information,
"it has been noted that [you do not have xfonts-base installed],
n
... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
"questions" like it can do pre-configure "questions"?
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:06:17AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> okay,
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 06:16:24AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote:
chris, thanks for responding.
i acknowledge and understand what you are saying about
aptitude.
if i had known that it existed, and had a command-line-only
interface, i would have investigated and possibly even used
it well befor
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:08:36AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > if i didn't care about debian, and didn't want other
> > people like my brother and my friends to be able to
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:04:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:42:08AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > ... or is this the sort of thing that cannot be noted because
> > it's pre-install and the debconf system cannot do pre-install
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 09:09:33AM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:18:27PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton scrawled:
> > i _did_ know of dselect and don't like it, it is _way_ too
> > confusing and terse: keystrokes are invisible and it is
> &g
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.2.1-5
Severity: normal
this _may_ be kernel-related.
it _may_ be related to the keyboard bugs that have also
been reported.
approximately in 2001 there was a serious crash problem
related to the mouse that i helped martin pool to help
you reproduce.
the prob
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 04:57:25PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 04:14:34PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xfree86
> > Version: 4.2.1-5
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > this _may_ be kernel-related.
>
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:05:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:06:24AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > ... why would x version 3 work fine (same kernel),
> > and xfree86 v4 not?
>
> Possibly because XFree6 4.2.1 has a differe
at 11:08:51AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:05:25AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > Well, our kernel maintainer has been unresponsive to the kernel
> > > keybounce bug, which I see on the virtual console of my iBook from time
dear herbet,
it was suggested to me after conversations with branden that
i relate to you a story that may be of assistance to you.
i believe that there is interaction between the linux kernel
and xfree86 that is causing keyboard and mouse problems.
the linux kernel is not at fault.
xfree86 is
oops! thanks!
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 09:44:53AM +1100, Neale Banks wrote:
> > i just got a bounce back from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I think you slipped an "r" there.
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2003 at 12:14:07AM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> >
> > it was suggested to me after conversations with branden that
> > i relate to you a story that may be of assistance to you.
>
> As I have stated before, all we need to resolve #142569/#156563 is for
&g
thank you!
>* If the restorecon command is available, restore SELinux file security
> contexts after setting up X server and ICE socket directories
> (xfree86-common) and font server socket directories (xfs) after creating
> them in the init scripts. (Closes: #268812, #271030)
Package: xfs
Version: 4.2.1-15
Severity: normal
when using xfs under selinux, it is necessary to restore the
file context of /tmp/.font-unix otherwise things mess up.
the "magic line", which must be placed around the same location
as the chmods and chowns, is:
if [ -x /sbin/restorecon ]
then
Package: xfs
Version: 4.2.1-15
Severity: normal
Followup-For: Bug #268812
pleeease?
it'd be a lot cleaner.
and probably FHS compliant.
and cause a lot less hassle for selinux.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux highfield 2.6.7-selinux1 #4
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 07:31:56AM -0700, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 01:38:41PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > pleeease?
> >
> > it'd be a lot cleaner.
> >
> > and probably FHS compliant.
> >
> > and cause a lo
Package: xfree86-common
Version: 4.3.0-5
Severity: normal
hi, the following needs to be added to set_up_ice_dir and
set_up_socket_dir:
if [ -x /sbin/restorecon ] then
/sbin/restorecon $XX_DIR
fi
just after the chown and chmod.
just like with /etc/init.d/xfs (i raised a separa
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.2.1-16
Severity: normal
this one is fascinating: you can actually watch the numlock+capslock
keys flash on and off during the thirty seconds it takes to start up
X.
the issue is that the machine is running so incredibly slowly that you
can actually see things
problem.
l.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:03:45PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> tag 238918 + moreinfo
> thanks
>
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 04:59:54PM +, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xfree86
> > Version: 4.2.1-16
> > Severity: normal
> [.
Package: xserver-fbdev
Severity: normal
branden, hi,
on both this and the xserver-svga packages, there is an assumption
that if the discover package exists, to search for the video bus,
but if that video bus doesn't exist, the dpkg config exits with
an error.
surely if the video bus does not ex
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.2.1-16
Severity: normal
branden, hi, i am not sure if this is to do with xserver itself but
i just downloaded morphix onto a CD in the hope that the same issues
i am having would be fixed, there, and they are not.
the issue is that auto-detection of the mouse
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1
Severity: wishlist
branden, hi,
the guy at linuxwacom.sourceforge.net has been attempting for ages to
get his work incorporated into xfree86.
every time there is an updated xserver-xfree86 or every time i update
my kernel, my tablet pen doesn't w
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 04:15:24AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> retitle 250333 xserver-xfree86: [wacom] please apply patch by upstream author
> tag 250333 + moreinfo upstream
> thanks
>
> On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 10:07:04AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>
sony [800mhz].
l.
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 09:34:47PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 09:41:37AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > p.s. i apologise for not yet having recompiled the ps2 input kernel
> > module with the debug output.
>
> A
sony [800mhz].
l.
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 09:34:47PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 09:41:37AM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > p.s. i apologise for not yet having recompiled the ps2 input kernel
> > module with the debug output.
>
> A
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1
Severity: normal
lynx is used to generate plaintext docs: it's a missing build
dependency.
l.
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 07:01:40PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 16:25, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xfree86
> > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1
> > Severity: normal
>
> > lynx is used to generate plaintext docs: it&#x
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 04:45:51PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > ... why did it not get installed when i did an apt-get build-dep then??
>
> Why do you believe it's not installed?
it's not a ma
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:18:33PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 21:16, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 07:01:40PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 16:25, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> &
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1
Severity: minor
hi, a dpkg-buildpackage gets so far and then does this.
presumably the -I parts are stuffed, somehow, such that the only way for
a build to succeed is if you happen to have x-dev packages
installed, and the compile picks up the
i tracked it down [eventually] - apparently i have no directory
/usr/include/X11 in which the symlink
~/build-directory/imports/include/X11/extensions/Xrender.h can be found.
errr
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 06:33:05AM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> Thank you for the problem report yo
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1
Severity: normal
ARGH! :)
install -c xcursorgen
/backup/src/xfree86-4.3.0.dfsg.1/debian/tmp/usr/X11R6/bin/xcursorgen
+ mkdir -p
/backup/src/xfree86-4.3.0.dfsg.1/debian/tmp/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default
install -c index.theme
/backup/src/xf
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1
Severity: minor
i'm really sorry about all these build errors, but hey, i actually want
to try - and for once succeed - in building xfree86.
... what's this all about?
*) echo "diff reported unexpected exit status $DIFFSTATUS when performin
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> |
> | i'm really
On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 10:34:07AM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > | -usr/X11R6/man/man3/gluUnProject.3x
> > | MANIFEST check failed; please see debian/README
> > | make: *** [stampdir/check-manifest] Error 1
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> I need you to please stop blaming Debian's XFree86 packages for your
> inab
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 06:32:04AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> tag 275180 + unreproducible
> thanks
>
> On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 03:02:01PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > i tracked it down [eventually] - apparently i have no directory
> > /usr/include/
is linux-kernel driver-related. 4.9.6 problem is gone. bug may be closed.
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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:37 AM, lkcl wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.99.917+git20161105-1+b1
> Followup-For: Bug #614
On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 3:54 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
wrote:
> is linux-kernel driver-related. 4.9.6 problem is gone. bug may be closed.
darn it, sorry - no it can't: bug is still present, encountered on
xpdf and gerbv. rendering still corrupted and requires multiple
refr
ok so i ended up with an unancipated reboot, which meant i had an
opportunity to test DRI3 and since setting Option DRI "3" in
xorg.conf i have *not* encountered a *single* lock-up, not with
chromium, nor glxgears, nor openscad.
far from being 100% reproducible when resizing glxgears under fvw
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On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 3:27 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>> far from being 100% reproducible when resizing glxgears under fvwm2
>> with DRI2, glxgears freezing is now 100% *un*reproducible.
>
> Please attach the Xorg log f
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On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 4:08 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On 18/04/17 11:55 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 3:27 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>>
>>>> far from b
brice, hi,
3 years, huh? h :)
don't worry about it :)
l.
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 07:46:41PM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> About 3 years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding
> mismanaged X resize events on a Compaq Armada box.
> Did you reproduce this problem recently
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> I am reviewing the default X drivers included in xorg for arm, and
> notice there are a number which are pretty obscure and perhaps
> irrelevant. I'm wondering if we can safely drop most of these from
> xserver-xorg-video-all?
>
> xserve
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Bill Gatliff wrote:
> Bryce:
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:13:26PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>>> > >From talking with lool and jcristau, it sounds li
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