Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:43:27 +0100 From: Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl> To: gljennjohn@gmail.com, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT for cairo 1.12 Message-ID: <52A86BFF.1030802@rainbow-runner.nl> In-Reply-To: <20131210183436.0eacd41d@ernst.home> References: <52A65755.3080405@rainbow-runner.nl> <20131210183436.0eacd41d@ernst.home>
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On 10-12-2013 18:34, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:50:45 +0100 > Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl> wrote: > >> When replying please only reply to freebsd-x11@, freebsd-ports@ is only >> used to get this a bigger audience. >> >> Greetings! >> >> This is a weird call for testers. >> >> So in our quest for push Xorg on FreeBSD further, we are looking for >> people to test cairo 1.12 primarily with the old Xorg stack. We know >> that the graphics with the 2.7.1 intel driver are horribly broken (lots >> of artifacts) so people don't need to test that, but what is the state >> of the other xorg video drivers with cairo 1.12? If problems arise after >> the update, a screenshot and details about installed ports and your >> hardware should be enough. >> >> While this CFT is focused on the non-WITH_NEW_XORG that should not stop >> people that are using WITH_NEW_XORG from trying it out. The Intel/Radeon >> KMS drivers shouldn't have any problem with cairo 1.12. >> >> To apply the patch do the following: >> Download the patch from [1]. >> cd /usr/ports >> patch -p0 < /path/to/cairo-1.12.16.diff >> rebuild cairo >> >> We are also interested if people are still using 8.x for there desktop. >> Is there a specific reason for not updating to 9.x or 10.x? >> > I tested this on a system running HEAD with a rather old install of > X11 - definitely non-WITH_NEW_XORG. > > I use a Nvidia card with the driver from Nvidia. > > I tested using vlc, xine, mplayer and some HTML rendering plugin > for claws-mail which supposedly all require cairo. > > Didn't see any problems. > Just for completness, which nvidia card do you use and the driver version? Thanks for testing! -Koop --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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