Modular X server bugs, annoyances and solutions (Part 2)

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nucler · Post by **nucler** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:25 am

Sziasztok !

I've a problem with xorg.conf. I've installed gentoo with xorg 7. After emerge xorg-x11 i don't have xorg.conf in /etc/X11. Is it default and I have to edit it from net? How can I get sample file? What's the correct install steps?

Thx

PaulBredbury · Post by **PaulBredbury** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:39 am

/etc/X11/xorg.conf belongs to package xorg-x11. Are you sure that xorg-x11 has been emerged? What does this show:

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equery files xorg-x11 | grep conf

nucler · Post by **nucler** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:53 am

I'm sure, a typed emerge xorg-x11. It installed a lot of package, I set the video_card properly, I don't know what's the problem.

Now I'm not at home, I'll check it as soon as I arrive.

thx

fatcop · Post by **fatcop** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:56 am

I too have exactly the same problem as Dr. Z2A a few posts ago.
I also upgraded to the module X11-R7.
ie.
(EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (module does not exist, 0)

Any ideas ?!?!
Here is a full copy of my /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686
Current Operating System: Linux gentoo1 2.6.16-gentoo-r7 #1 PREEMPT Tue May 30 16:54:58 EST 2006 i686
Build Date: 29 May 2006
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jun 3 18:34:48 2006
(==) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Samsung Syncmaster 172x"
(**) | |-->Device "nVidia GeForce FX 5200"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/freefonts" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,/usr/share/
fonts/corefonts,/usr/share/fonts/sharefonts,/usr/share/fonts/artwiz,/usr/share/fonts/terminus,/usr/share/fonts
/ttf-bitstream-vera,/usr/share/fonts/unifont,/usr/share/fonts/local,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share
/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/modules"
Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/lib/X11/rgb'
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.8
X.Org XInput driver : 0.5
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module bitmap
(II) UnloadModule: "bitmap"
(EE) Failed to load module "bitmap" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module pcidata
(II) UnloadModule: "pcidata"
(EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (module does not exist, 0)

Fatal server error:
Unable to load required base modules, Exiting...

(WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor
(WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor

fatcop · Post by **fatcop** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:38 pm

aaaah wouldn't you know it, loser error. I hadn't copied my rebuilt kernel to my boot directory.

So after copied and rebooted, I logged into KDE fine.

But I also had changed the Driver to "nv" (from "nvidia") in xorg.conf.
I will change it back to "nvidia" next chance I get - I assume it should also work

slopop27 · Post by **slopop27** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:00 pm

If this is posted in the wrong place please adjust it, next after all the great help from the forums i will attempt to give a little back. I am sure others will have questions and want to have something else to check.
Ok, first Mod X, like what you have done with the place....

I am not high in the rankings but some day i hope to be, Made the upgrade per the manual on friday to go to Modular X. Read it verbatim crossed I's and dotted t's

It finished the upgrade several hours after starting it (morning to evening) and have to say I was expecting a smooth transition. Here are a few experiences i had and some of the error messages reported.
first of all the obvious stuff:
KDE ver. 3.5.2
Xorg-x11 = Ver. 7.1
vanilla-sources 2.6.16-rc5 with ati compiled in
P4 1.8Ghz 512Mb mem Gateway E-4200
Matrox G400 dual VGA and ATI rage 128 (xpert 128)
2 x 19" Dell Ultrasharp's
1 x 17" Dell Ultrasharp

lspci: relative to video
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. G400/G450 (rev 82)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
0000:02:09.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PP/PRO TMDS [Xpert 128]
0000:02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0c)

/etc/make.conf
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
USE="-gnome qt kde X dvd dri dvdr cdr aim apache2 avi caps crypt curl foomaticdb dga gtk2 icq imap java jabber jpeg ldacca ldap maildir nls nptl nptlonly oggvorbis opengl oscar pam pcmcia pda ppds pdflib png quicktime readline sdl snmp spell ssl theora tiff usb videos xinerama xosd xml2 zlib cups curlwrappers dga divx4linux xif jack mpeg -nis alsa php samba sse svg svga cdparanoia audiofile speex flac mmx gphoto2 xv dri glx dmx bluetooth"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
VIDEO_CARDS="ati mga radeon fglrx" (could take out fglrx and radeon but just in case I change cards)

Here is where it starts to get fuzzy. i logged out and commenced the restart of X after the upgrade only to find an angry black screen with a sweet server crash message.
among the multiple errors were "screen2" config section not found exiting, or Device not found on BUSID (X:X:X) or DRI not set as USE flag so originally it was compiled without dri suport (i do not think this was totally relevant to my problems)

after looking through the config i think 100 times i did not see any reason why the errors were occurring. I hit the forums and it seems there were/are no real problems
specific to what i was experiencing. I saw version issues and many glx/3d type issues that seemed to be geared more to the gamers. THis is my workstation and so it is moderately important, i do not use it for gaming so some of the other features are not terribly important to me.

here is my xorg.conf file just in case some of the usage will help someone else out. I was not going to include it because it is fairly long but maybe someone will be able to reference it or toy with the different options.

#x.org 6.8.2,
#copy the Matrox 4.1 beta driver mga_drv.o and mga_hal_drv.o to
#/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ directory.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen "Screen1" 0 0
Screen "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
Screen "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"

InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "XINERAMA" (this is what the final fix was to get me up and running again - it was spelled "Xinerama" as you can see it is all uppercase now. Ugg...

EndSection

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
#FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
#FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
Load "dbe"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Corepointer"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 110.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 110.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 110.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "mga"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
VideoRam 32768
Option "MGASDRAM"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "mga"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
VideoRam 32768
Option "BackingStore" "true"
#this is the key for Matrox G400 dualhead to work correctly.
Option "MGASDRAM"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card2"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:2:9:0"
VideoRam 16384
#Screen 2
#Option "hw cursor" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
#Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
#Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
#Option "InitPrimary" "true"
#Option "NoInt10" "true"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
#Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
#Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "Card2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
#Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
#Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

#### EOF ####

xdpyinfo: yields

ame of display: :0.0
version number: 11.0
vendor string: The X.Org Foundation
vendor release number: 70100000
X.Org version: 7.1.0
maximum request size: 16777212 bytes
motion buffer size: 256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order: LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats: 7
supported pixmap formats:
depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 255
focus: window 0x1e00005, revert to PointerRoot
number of extensions: 28
BIG-REQUESTS
DAMAGE
DPMS
Extended-Visual-Information
GLX
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
RENDER
SECURITY
SGI-GLX
SHAPE
SYNC
TOG-CUP
X-Resource
XC-APPGROUP
XC-MISC
XFIXES
XFree86-Bigfont
XFree86-DGA
XFree86-DRI
XFree86-Misc
XFree86-VidModeExtension
XINERAMA
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
XVideo
default screen number: 0
number of screens: 1

screen #0:
print screen: no
dimensions: 3072x768 pixels (1146x315 millimeters)
resolution: 68x62 dots per inch
depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
root window id: 0x82
depth of root window: 24 planes
number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1
default colormap: 0x20
default number of colormap cells: 256
preallocated pixels: black 0, white 16777215
options: backing-store NO, save-unders NO
largest cursor: 64x64
current input event mask: 0xfa4031
KeyPressMask EnterWindowMask LeaveWindowMask
KeymapStateMask StructureNotifyMask SubstructureNotifyMask
SubstructureRedirectMask FocusChangeMask PropertyChangeMask
ColormapChangeMask
number of visuals: 4
default visual id: 0x23
visual:
visual id: 0x23
class: TrueColor
depth: 24 planes
available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x24
class: TrueColor
depth: 24 planes
available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x25
class: TrueColor
depth: 24 planes
available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
visual:
visual id: 0x26
class: TrueColor
depth: 24 planes
available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits

I have not uncommented out the "Screen2" identifier in my xorg.conf file at this point but i have spent a significant amount of time on getting my displays back up and running. If I get a chance to check it i will drop back in and post it here. Thanks to all who post, believe it or don't someone out there will read what you wrote.

E-man

reub2000 · Post by **reub2000** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:40 pm

I'm having an annoying problem. Text is invisible unti I highlight it. X.org 7.1 and nvidia driver version 87.62.

ecatmur · Post by **ecatmur** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:50 pm

Well, yeah. That's why the current nvidia drivers block xorg 7.1.

reub2000 · Post by **reub2000** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:20 pm

Also pressing Ctrl+Alt plus an F key will not bring me to a shell. What's going on?

mutlu_inek · Post by **mutlu_inek** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:06 pm

Do not use 7.1. Use xorg 7 instead. The closed source NVIDIA drivers do not (yet) work with the hardmasked version.

reub2000 · Post by **reub2000** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:39 am

Now I'm using the nv driver with xinerama. How do I use xrandr?

eightbit · Post by **eightbit** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:10 am

I updated xorg 7 to 7.1 yesterday on my laptop and it's running great, better then before! The Linux 2.6.16-gentoo-r7 kernel drm module doesn't give me drm but d.r. Crap!

Fortunately the x11-drm drivers work just great with the ATI Mobility M6 LY. So i'm using that and the performance is better I think. Can anyone with a similar setup confirm better performance?

ecatmur · Post by **ecatmur** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:09 pm

Yeah, the kernel drm module is miles behind. Don't bother with it.

blackhat006 · Post by **blackhat006** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:05 pm

Hi, I'm using xorg 7.1 and well its kind of working I mean e17 wm works but when I exit it the console stays blank nothing shows but I can send commands and they do work what could be the problem?

other thing glxinfo gives me this:

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Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

and glxgears this :

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Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual

could they be related? or is it another diferent problem?

eightbit:
I too have the radeon m6 LY what fps are you getting in glxgears I managed to get at most 650 on xorg 6.8.2

*update: forget the second one direct rendering is working now but the problem with the console continues
tahnks

hoschi · Post by **hoschi** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:25 am

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-46 ... ight-.html

I also get message at xorg star like:

xkb_keycodes ...
xkb_types ...
xkb_symboles ...
/quote]

nabla² · Post by **nabla²** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:36 am

I have some problems with 7.1. One is here: [topic=468064]libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual[/topic]. In addition, my external monitor does not work as good as before (when activating laptop and monitor, the monitor picture shows not everything; fine when only external monitor is activated). The important part of xorg.conf:

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Section "Device"
       Identifier  "i915GM"
       Driver      "i810"
       Option      "NoAccel" "false"
       Option      "DRI" "true"
       Option      "DevicePresence" "true"
       Option      "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
       Option      "Clone" "true"
       VideoRam    131072
EndSection

It worked fine with xorg 7.0.

Edit: Just plugging in the external monitor works, but changing the view options with <FN>+<F4> results in the problem described above.

bhepple · Post by **bhepple** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:33 pm

Hi

I upgraded to modular X and the only remaining problem I have is that CTRL-ALT-KP_ADD/SUBTRACT (keypad + or -) no longer work.

xev shows the plain keys are live - eg I get KP_ADD
But when I hold down CTRL-ALT (left or right ones) and KP_ADD I get nothing.

Other CTRL-ALT sequences are OK eg CTRL-ALT-Backspace and CTRL-ALT-F1 etc

Any ideas?

I have:

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x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.0
x11-base/xorg-x11-7.1
virtual/x11-7.0-r2

and in xorg.conf:

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Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver  "kbd"
    Option "XkbModel"   "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "us"
EndSection

I'm using the 'nv' X server

palantir · Post by **palantir** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:29 am

Annoyances?

1. There is no mention anywhere that there are no closed source ati-drivers available for the modular X. This is a major flaw in the documentation, this should be mentioned in the drivers section.
2. Since there are no closed source ati-drivers, one has to switch to the open source drivers and reconfigure X. For me, it did not work, after some hours tweaking, I could not figure out what locked my resolution to 800x600...
3. This version takes for me almost a minute to load and kdm freezes frequently

I have reverted to the stable package (it took me the whole morning to repair the portage).
The longer the modular X stays in the testing branch, the better, for me.

Ibn al-Hazardous · Post by **Ibn al-Hazardous** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:41 am

palantir wrote:Annoyances?

1. There is no mention anywhere that there are no closed source ati-drivers available for the modular X. This is a major flaw in the documentation, this should be mentioned in the drivers section.
2. Since there are no closed source ati-drivers, one has to switch to the open source drivers and reconfigure X. For me, it did not work, after some hours tweaking, I could not figure out what locked my resolution to 800x600...
3. This version takes for me almost a minute to load and kdm freezes frequently

I have reverted to the stable package (it took me the whole morning to repair the portage).
The longer the modular X stays in the testing branch, the better, for me.

1. That is because there are closed source ati-drivers for the modular X. Just not the 7.1 version. If you mask xorg-x11-7.1 and xorg-server-1.1 (and two or three other packages IIRC) - you will get the version that works. I know this since I have ati-drivers working just fine on one of my boxes.
2 and 3 are rendered moot by the above.

reub2000 · Post by **reub2000** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:54 pm

Hey, how do I switch to a tty? Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Fx does nothing. What's going on?

Soul_rebel · Post by **Soul_rebel** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:46 am

After the upgrade to Xorg 1.1 I have problems with xvideo (xv)... It just does not work

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andrea@mobile64unix ~ $ xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
 no adaptors present
andrea@mobile64unix ~ $ xdpyinfo | grep -i xv
    XVideo
andrea@mobile64unix ~ $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log| grep XV
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation

I am using amd64 and the free nv driver. Is xv gone or it is just on my pc?

There is a second problem I am experiencing, but maybe I had it even on xorg 6.8 with the nv driver: when I press a key on the keyboard somewhere on the screen for a moment I see a small black horizontal line. say a rectangle 30x2 pixels, appearing in a different place every time. It is specially annoying when typing fast or keeping some key hold (held?) down.
This one is really ugly to see.
I have a laptop with a nvidia 7200 geforce go. (I had this problem even on the live cd when installing)

Soul_rebel · Post by **Soul_rebel** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:47 am

Soul_rebel wrote: There is a second problem I am experiencing, but maybe I had it even on xorg 6.8 with the nv driver: when I press a key on the keyboard somewhere on the screen for a moment I see a small black horizontal line. say a rectangle 30x2 pixels, appearing in a different place every time. It is specially annoying when typing fast or keeping some key hold (held?) down.
This one is really ugly to see.
I have a laptop with a nvidia 7200 geforce go. (I had this problem even on the live cd when installing)

Resolved!
This was because of xscreensaver-4.23, I upgraded to 4.24 and filed a bug.

ssn · Post by **ssn** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:49 am

i upgraded yesterday to 7.1, now my mx500 doesnt work anymore with the evdev driver (it worked like charm under 7.0 with this: http://de.gentoo-wiki.com/Logitech_MX#ab_Xorg-7.0 ).
x doesnt start anymore (no core pointer found or something like that).

vuteb · Post by **vuteb** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:59 pm

Well, while I emerged xorg-x11 7.1 a few days ago using portage 2.1, which was already released but not yet marked stable, some packet collisions showed up in the dependencies:

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media-fonts/encodings-1.0.0 -> /usr/share/fonts/encodings/encodings.dir
which according to equery now belongs to that package

app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.3 -> glext.h and glxext.h
both files are now in each of the following directories in my filesystem:
/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/include/        -> both files located there belong to media-libs/mesa-6.5-r3
/usr/lib/opengl/global/include/          -> both files located there belong to app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.3
                                                                           AND x11-base/opengl-update-2.2.1
/usr/include/GL/                         -> both files located there belong to no package at all (according to equery)

As I was in a hurry and as if I hadn't just stumbled across that feature just before emerging X11 7.1, I probably wouldn't even have noticed these conflicts, I just re-emerged the conflicting packages with collision-protect disabled and then continued emerging xorg-x11. Was that the right behaviour or have I messed up my system? Especially considering glext.h and glxext.h now belonging to two packages, which, according to the equery manpage "usually consitutes (sic) a problem, and should be reported". Why btw do I have 3 instances of glext.h and glxext.h on my filesystem?? And why don't those in /usr/include/GL seem to belong to any package?
However, the x-server is working well right now, but another problem occurred:
xterm was missing libXaw.so.8 so I just created a symbolic link to /usr/lib/libXaw.so.7. Was that library downgraded by installing modular X? Is it all right to link a higher version of that library to a lower one?

Would be glad if someone could explain me what was going on there,
vuteb

PaulBredbury · Post by **PaulBredbury** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:48 pm

vuteb wrote:/usr/share/fonts/encodings/encodings.dir

A common file collision. Nothing to worry about, AFAIK.

glext.h and glxext.h

eselect allows you to choose between the mesa (xorg) and video card versions. So it needs a place for the mesa versions, a place for the video card versions, and a place for the actual choice (i.e. the live versions).

This is all normal.

eselect has taken over from opengl-update, so you can safely unmerge it:

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emerge --unmerge opengl-update

xterm was missing libXaw.so.8 so I just created a symbolic link to /usr/lib/libXaw.so.7

It would be better to get the right mixture of xterm and libXaw versions installed, and compiled in harmony.

Modular X server bugs, annoyances and solutions (Part 2)

Xorg.conf

doh!

Modular X upgrade and strange quarks tripple head display

better performance?

invisible console

No zoom (CTRL-ALT-KP_ADD) with modular X