[ubuntu-x] New X stack in xorg-edgers

[Christopher James Halse Rogers]

On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 14:02 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Thanks Felix.  Weird we didn't bang into that problem on our machines,
> but Chris is uploading rebuilds for these drivers presently.
> 
> We'll send a notice once these are corrected.
> 

Corrected, via a combination of rebuilds, a new wacom upstream version,
and (temporarily) dropping -siliconmotion and -openchrome from
xserver-xorg-video-all.

The proprietary fglrx and nvidia drivers obviously don't work against
this new Xserver.  Due to packaging bugs, they *also* won't prevent the
upgrade going through, leaving a non-functioning X until they are
removed.

Please remove the fglrx or nvidia drivers before testing.

If you're not using a proprietary driver, -siliconmotion, or
-openchrome, xorg-edgers is good to go.


> Bryce
> 
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 04:13:48PM -0500, Felix Kuehling wrote:
> > Hi Bryce,
> > 
> > The PPA is still not usable:
> > 
> > xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion, openchrome and vmware are broken
> > (still depend on the old xorg-video-abi-8.0).
> > 
> > If I try to remove them, other packages break due to unresolved
> > dependencies:
> > 
> >       * xserver-xorg-video-all depends on xserver-xorg-video-*
> >       * xserver-xorg depends on xserver-xorg-video-all
> >       * xserver-xorg-core depends on xserver-xorg-video-all
> > 
> > In the end the only way to resolve the broken dependencies is to not
> > update at all or completely uninstall Xorg.
> > 
> > Similar story on the input side with xserver-xorg depending on
> > xserver-xorg-input-all depending on xserver-xorg-input-wacom, which is
> > broken due to a dependency on an old xorg-input-abi-11.0.
> > 
> > Regards,
> >   Felix
> > 
> > On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 15:54 -0500, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > > We're going to be moving natty to its new X stack within the next week
> > > or two.  This includes snapshots for the upcoming xserver 1.10 and mesa
> > > 7.10, along with some new driver bits.  Currently this stack is
> > > available in xorg-edgers, and maps well to what we'll be uploading
> > > shortly.
> > > 
> > > You can help us pre-test these bits by installing xorg-edgers on your
> > > systems at this time.  Our testing has shown it to be quite stable, but
> > > the devil's in the corner cases when it comes to X, so your testing will
> > > help us get a head's start on making it work better for your HW.
> > > 
> > > 1.  The PPA is available at:
> > > 
> > >     https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa
> > > 
> > > 2.  Here's a simple way to install:
> > > 
> > >     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
> > >     sudo apt-get update
> > >     sudo apt-get upgrade
> > > 
> > > Then reboot your system to get to the new bits.
> > > 
> > > 3.  If you want to go back to stock Ubuntu, there is a corresponding
> > > ppa-purge tool:
> > > 
> > >     sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers
> > >     sudo apt-get update
> > >     sudo apt-get upgrade
> > > 
> > > 4.  If you happen to find bugs, you can report them the usual way:
> > > 
> > >   ubuntu-bug xorg
> > > 
> > > Include a photo of the screen if appropriate (e.g. screen corruption).
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ubuntu X Team
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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