[ubuntu-x] New x-server for testing with polarity sync fix
Bryce Harrington
bryce at bryceharrington.org
Fri Nov 2 13:07:28 GMT 2007
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:41:08PM +0000, Peter Clifton wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 18:14 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:59:49PM +0000, Peter Clifton wrote:
>
> > > Long story short, I reverted xorg, and am now happily running again.
> >
> > Not a good sign...
> >
> > > Bryce.. what build environment did you make that package on?
> >
> > I built it in a pbuilder environment on the same p4 x86 box that I've
> > used for building xorg stuff for the past 6 months. However, I recently
> > did upgrade this box from Feisty to Gutsy not too long ago, so it's
> > possible that something is wrong there.
> >
> > Could you dget -x the .dsc I posted and build it yourself, and see if it
> > works properly?
>
> I tested yours again, broken. Turns out its just not drawing some
> widgets / text glyphs. I can actually use / type things if I "feel" my
> way around. xrandr --output LVDS --off shuts monitor off, lid switch
> poking turns it back on and text etc.. draws. (But doesn't keep
> drawing).
>
> Built the package myself, it now works fine. I saw it needed to install
> some mesa source to build.. is there any chance your pbuilder
> environment found some newer mesa to build against?
>
> PS.. I wonder if some build env issue was responsible for the
> "impossible" >32bit on a 945GM addresses seen by the user who tested
> your intel driver package. Looking at the code, it would seem that a
> compiler bug / cosmic ray / lying chipset ID would be necessary to get
> that result.
>
> Peter
>
Hmm, now this is strange. I compared the md5sums of the deb I built,
and what's uploaded:
Built:
-rw-r--r-- 1 bryce bryce 3677278 Oct 27 14:47
xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu9~bwh1_i38\
6.deb
0184e2066e588b7401fefd76ab4a885e
xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu9~bwh1_i386.deb
Uploaded:
-rw-r--r-- 1 bryce warthogs 3677054 Oct 6 00:53
xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu9~bwh1_i3\
86.deb
51215ab3ba42a1f4d909002fd243db16
xserver-xorg-core_1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu9~bwh1_i386.deb
I'm rather surprised that even installed! What md5sum does the package
you built have? Does it match either of these?
Bryce
More information about the Ubuntu-x
mailing list