Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:23:41 +0100 From: Mikolaj Kowalski <kowalskm@volt.iem.pw.edu.pl> To: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CFT] Xorg Upgrade 7.5.2 Message-ID: <20120210192341.GA81306@volt.iem.pw.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <20120206014536.7ece944b.miwi@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120206014536.7ece944b.miwi@FreeBSD.org>
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What is the best way to configure mouse in this release? Is HAL support will be dropped in the future? BTW: server runns fine on Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Q45/Q43. On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 01:45:36AM +0000, Martin Wilke wrote: > Knock knock... > > The X11 Team is pleased to announce the next round of Xorg updates. > Note that this is experimental so you really have to know what you are > doing, read UPDATING in the repository, and follow our exact > instructions. We are specifically looking for feedback from Intel, ATI > and NVIDIA users. > > Summary of changes: > > xf86-video-nouveau has been removed along with the WITHOUT_NOUVEAU > knob. We suggest switching to the nvidia blob. > > KMS Support [1]: > Unfortunately, the intel KMS driver will only work for the latest > FreeBSD 9-STABLE or 10-CURRENT users. The patch for HEAD current is > named all.13.1.patch. The higher the version the newer the patch is. > Other needed patches are already available in the Xorg update. > > HEAD Users: > Get the latest patchset from Kib here: > http://people.freebsd.org/~kib/drm/ > > 9-STABLE Users: > 'meowthink' is currently maintaining the backport to 9 STABLE. > Make sure you have the latest FreeBSD 9-STABLE source. > Get the patch from here: > https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BxbPi2OX4_B-NWY3NWU3MzEtNDBjYy00NTljLThlZGItMWFlYjIyYjI4Yjk3&hl=en_US > > Rebuild your Kernel and reboot. > > Known issuse: > There will be a patch reject in the sys/dev/drm/i915_suspend.c file. > The solution is to manually undo the expansion of the $FreeBSD: ....$ > tag, so it only saysis $FreeBSD$. > > Checkout Xorg Development Repo: > You will need to install devel/subversion in order to checkout the xorg > repo. Next, you will need to add WITH_NEW_XORG=yes in > your /etc/make.conf if you want to try out the new Xorg and mesa. > > Intel users: note that if you are not qualified for the KMS patch, you > shouldn't use WITH_NEW_XORG=yes because the old intel driver doesn't > build with the new X server. If you are qualified, you should also set > WITH_KMS=yes in /etc/make.conf. > > svn co https://trillian.chruetertee.ch/svn/ports/tags/xorg_7_5_2 > > A small merge script to merge the svn checkout into the real portstree > can be found here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~miwi/xorg/xorgmerge > > The script is a modified version of the old kdemerge script. Please set > the KDEDIR variable to the path of your X.org ports. > > After merging, run one of the following command, depending on which > tool you use to manage your installed packages. > > portupgrade -af \* > portmaster -a > > After installing these, you will have to rebuild all xf86-* ports. We > will bump all related ports during the commit to the ports tree. > > Roadmap: > > Our current plan is to let the CFT running until the last weekend of > February. We hope to get a lot feedback to solve as many problems as > possible. So please help us to get the best xorg update ever in! > > > Links: > http://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU [1] > http://wiki.freebsd.org/Xorg > http://miwi.bsdcrew.de/2012/02/working-on-xorg-stuff/ > > Your FreeBSD Xorg Team > > PS: Please reply to the x11@ mailing list. Cross posted due to the > potentially disruptive nature of the change and need to get a wide > variety of testers. > > -- > +------------------oOO--(_)--OOo----------------+ > With best Regards, > Martin Wilke (miwi_(at)_FreeBSD.org)
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