Re: X.Org X11R7.1 update status

On Monday 31 July 2006 18:12, Stefan Fiedler wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> the update to X.Org X11R7.1 is  already usable and complete, afaics. You
> might want to apply all patches from the X.Org X11R7 update queue and give
> it a try. Don't forget to remove the libxtrans and xorg packages
> afterwards, before building anything.
>
> I've found only one showstopper so far: xorgcfg and X -configure don't
> work. On my machine and in qemu, both only leave a black screen and don't
> produce any xorg.conf file. At least I could still reboot with
> Ctrl-Alt-Del... I probably don't have to tell you that this sucks big time
> :/

This bug appeared on my x86 box and could be fixed by uninstalling all 
xf86-video-sun* packages. As X -configure and xorgcfg load all video drivers 
in turn, it seems that at least one of these sparc specific drivers causes 
the programs to hang.

A proper fix is in submaster by now.

With best  regards,
	Stefan Fiedler