Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:56:07 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, rezny@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: update Xorg to 1.19.3 Message-ID: <6b783e76-f30f-18cb-d458-1ed3b9d665be@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <1774569.2utjLAkrOb@workstation.reztek> References: <1774569.2utjLAkrOb@workstation.reztek>
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On 03/16/17 18:50, Matthew Rezny wrote: > The time has come for the next update of Xorg. All the drivers were readied > for the new ABI during the previous update so no new drivers are needed, just > be sure to rebuild all the drivers after upgrading xorg-server. > > Changes in 1.19 include threaded input support and improvements to the > modesetting driver and GLAMOR. There are also a few local changes of note. > > * The devd config backend has been updated to handle /dev/hidX and > /dev/input/eventX devices as provided by webcamd. > * An experimental option is now provided for a third config backend, udev, > which is the replacement for HAL upstream, but using libudev-devd. > * The SUID option has been changed to install a setuid wrapper, to which > /usr/local/bin/X points, instead of making /usr/local/bin/Xorg setuid. This > allows Xorg to be launched as a non-root user, useful if it will not be > interfacing hardware (e.g. virtual framebuffer in jail, with xpra, etc). There > is no difference for non-root users running startx as it executes X, which > points to the setuid wrapper. > > Please test and reply to this list with your feedback. Just updated a Radeon i386 box and bumped into this: > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/59717/ After I applied the suggested config change, everything seems to work fine; so far (10 minutes), so good. Perhaps this should be mentioned in an eventual UPDATE entry? I'll come back if I encounter any later glitch. bye & Thanks av.
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