m.c:1102:13: error: unknown type name 'xShmAttachFdReq'
REQUEST(xShmAttachFdReq);
^
... [bunch of (related) errors]
Makefile:735: recipe for target 'shm.lo' failed
make[2]: *** [shm.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
'/home/balducci/tmp/install-us-d/xorg-serv
> I've posted a patch that disables these requests when the new protocol
> header isn't available.
>
thanks a lot: it builds fine now
Forgive my ignorance: am I missing some relevant piece of sw here? Or
the new protocol header you mention comes w/ this new version of the
server? Or something e
hello
apologies if I'm missing something blatant here...
Might it be that font files are NOT read/loaded by the X server when
they are symbolic links?
I have recently migrated from a fontpath layout where all files were
"physically" (ie "real" regular files) present under the font
directories
/u
Alan Coopersmith writes:
> Correct - since the X server is often run with raised privileges, it
> was fixed last year to use O_NOFOLLOW to not follow symbolic links
> when handling font files:
>
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxfont/commit/7b377456f95d2ec3ead40
> f4fb74ea620191f88c8
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