abolish /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-qxl.conf by having X11 auto detection fixed - X11 bug report

phabricator-migrator · February 19, 2024, 5:46pm

Information

ID: 511
PHID: PHID-TASK-lpla7i6bkzddabva7s6s
Author: Patrick
Status at Migration Time: resolved
Priority at Migration Time: Normal

Description

github.com

HulaHoopWhonix/qxl-xorg-enhance/blob/master/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-qxl.conf

## This file is part of Whonix.
## Copyright (C) 2012 - 2014 Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net>
## See the file COPYING for copying conditions.

Section "Device"
  Identifier "qxl"
  Driver "qxl"
  Option "ENABLE_SURFACES" "False"
EndSection

Why is that even required? Should not X11 auto detect that?

TODO:

report a bug against X11

Comments

HulaHoop

2016-05-15 16:00:53 UTC

There are many bug reports about this problem:

A Debian bug report filed against xserver-xorg-video-qxl package also mentions a thread on our forum.[1] The problem is acknowledged and fixed upstream because it was also experienced in fedora.[2] The changelog for the Ubuntu release lists a fix for disabling surfaces included in (Debian) 0.1.4.[3]

Resync on Debian, grabbing new upstream release 0.1.4 (LP: #1474154).

Take some patches from Fedora.

debian/patches/qxl-kms-disable-composite.patch: Fix graphical glitches
by disabling COMPOSITE extension. (LP: #1261916)

debian/patches/no-surfaces-kms.patch: Should fix crashes.

The current stable version is 0.1.1. Debian Testing has 0.1.4 that includes the fix.[4]

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/801081

[2] http://spice-space.org/page/XorgQXL

[3] Bug #1474154 “Update to 0.1.4” : Bugs : xserver-xorg-video-qxl package : Ubuntu

[4] https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=xserver-xorg-video-qxl&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

Yet another example of why Stable is a PITA. Non security bugs can afflict users for years at a time because package versions are ossified. Yay Stable!

Patrick

2016-05-15 22:38:40 UTC

HulaHoop

2016-05-16 23:23:51 UTC