X.Org on &os;

From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 14 16:11:43 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4061267A; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:11:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C0DD1553; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:11:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s0EGBhJY037715; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:11:43 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s0EGBh0a037714; Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:11:43 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201401141611.s0EGBh0a037714@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:11:43 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43508 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:11:43 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Tue Jan 14 16:11:42 2014 New Revision: 43508 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43508 Log: - Add 2013Q4 report on X.Org Submitted by: dumbbell Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 15:54:34 2014 (r43507) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-10-2013-12.xml Tue Jan 14 16:11:42 2014 (r43508) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@

Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 21 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

+ contains 22 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.

The deadline for submissions covering between January and March 2014 is April 7th, 2014.

@@ -1167,4 +1167,83 @@ Integrate testing with Jenkins. + + + X.Org on &os; + + + + &os; X11 Team + x11@FreeBSD.org + + + + + X11 roadmap and supported hardware matrix + Ports-related development repository + CFT for Cairo 1.12 and 8.x survey + + + +

The newer graphics stack (WITH_NEW_XORG) is now built + by default on head and is provided as binary packages + from the official &os; pkg(8) repository for + 11-CURRENT. The major updates are:

+ +

X.Org server 1.12.
Mesa 9.1.
Recent Intel and Radeon X.Org drivers, using exclusively + the KMS kernel drivers available in &os; 9.x (Intel) and &os; 10.x + (Radeon).

+ +

This change makes X.Org on &os; head work + out-of-the-box on workstations and laptops based on recent Intel + and Radeon GPUs. &os; 10.x will follow in a few weeks or + months.

+ +

Some software has started to require Cairo 1.12, for + example GTK+ 3.10 and Pango. Unfortunately, this version + of Cairo triggers a bug in the old Intel driver (2.7.1, + installed when WITH_NEW_XORG is not set), which causes + display artifacts. A "Call For Testers" mail was posted on the + freebsd-x11 mailing-list (see the links above) to + gather information about the behavior on other configurations + (new Intel driver and non-Intel drivers). As of this writing, + received reports talk about improvements or, at least, no change + noticed.

+ +

To better manage changes such as the WITH_NEW_XORG and + Cairo 1.12 mentioned above, we asked on freebsd-x11@ + mailing-list if people are using &os; 8.x on their desktop + computers and why they do not upgrade to &os; 9.x or 10.x. + So far, we received very few answers to this.

+ +

The Radeon KMS driver in &os; 10.x is now considered + stable, especially that integrated GPUs are now properly + initialized. One of the next steps will be to merge this to + stable/9.

+ +

A "Graphics" wiki article (see links) was created to centralize + and coordinate the work being done on both the ports and the + kernel. It contains the following important information:

+ +

A roadmap of the team.
A matrix of supported hardware.
Projects status and results.

+ +

This starting page then points to project- and topic-specific + articles where more detailed information is available.

+ + + + Report why &os; 8.x is still used on your desktop and + why moving to &os; 9.x or 10.x is not an option. + Report about the Cairo 1.12 update on your system. + See the "Graphics" wiki page for up-to-date information. + +