[Grml] JFYI: Debian packages of Xorg 7.0

[Michael Prokop]

* Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> [20060413 00:12]:

> if you are using a grml2hd installation please notice, that
> X11R7/Xorg 7.0 is in the Debian unstable pool now.
>   http://gravityboy.livejournal.com/2006/04/11/

> There might be issues when upgrading to the new Xorg version.
> Not only if you are using ATI/Nvidia drivers but also if you are
> running a plain grml installation.
[...]

I've been busy working on the Xorg 7.0 stuff for grml.
Some tips for the ones of you who want to upgrade (I hope you read
my previous mail ;-)):

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#1 The most common error (probably) is that X won't start with
   Fatal server: could not open default font 'fixed'

Your FontPath isn't adjusted to the new xfonts-base stuff then.
In case of questions use:

        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"

You can remove all lines you think are not relevant. Current grml-x
version takes care of your Xorg version, so it will work with Xorg
6.9 and 7.0 as well.
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#2 whiteglass cursor does not work

This bug might even hit you if you did not upgrade to Xorg 7.0 but
upgraded package libxcursor.  The problem is located in the
xcursor-themes <-> libxcursor1 transition.

The fix is pretty simple - just downgrade to old libxcursor version:

# wget http://grml.org/repos/libxcursor1_1.1.3-1_i386.deb
# dpkg -i libxcursor1_1.1.3-1_i386.deb

If you are running a grml installation you won't hit the bug now as
the package is in the grml-repository and has a higher Pin-Priority.
I'll remove the package from the repository so you get the update as
soon at this issue has been fixed.

See my bugreport http://bugs.debian.org/362766 for more details.
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#3 xinit broken - X session doesn't start up

startx won't work, see http://bugs.debian.org/362069 for more
details. There you will find my fix as well:

In /usr/bin/startx you have to change the line:

sysserverrc=/usr/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc

into:

sysserverrc=/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc

Then startx should start up as usual.
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And last but not least: grml-x >=0.3-5 is Xorg 7.0 ready. :)

regards,
-mika-
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