Cyril Brulebois: Debian XSF News #12

Time for a DXN#11 follow-up.

1. The recent

   1	xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

   1

   rc4

   upload solved a lot
   of issues, but the

   1

   1.6.0

   release (just uploaded) should fix some
   more. Enjoy!

2. I’ve also uploaded a new

   1	xorg-server

   , merging from upstream

   1	server-1.12-branch

   to get many XI2.2 bug fixes, along with an
   infinite loop bug fix (also seen with

   1

   synaptics

   ).

3. Many drivers can no longer work on

   1

   ia64

   due to the recent changes,
   so we requested they be removed,
   which happened promptly!

4. All XSF-maintained packages build happily against X server 1.12,
   meaning users can get back to running

   1	apt-get dist-upgrade

   blindly without having to
   fear the consequences.
   Pro tip: when you see something like

   1	xserver-xorg

   go away
   during a

   1	dist-upgrade

   , think twice before confirming!

5. 1	xf86-input-mtrack

   was recently
   fixed;

   1	xf86-video-glamo

   and

   1	xf86-video-msm

   fail to build
   (#671028,
   #671806), so they stay
   uninstallable for now. Thankfully nothing appears to depend on
   them, so they can be temporarily removed from

   1

   testing

   if needs
   be.

6. In the meanwhile,
   xserver-xorg-video-intel 2.19
   was released. It will probably land into

   1	experimental

   first,
   until the new server and its drivers make it into

   1

   testing

   .

7. Andreas Beckmann asked me to mention the status of the binary
   drivers, so here is my take about them:

   1

   fglrx

   still
   doesn’t support X server 1.12 (LOL!). The
   other, big fat blobby driver is installable, and supposed to work.

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