Xorg modular 7 and GTK+ applications.

[Ag Hatzimanikas]

As reported by Christoph Berg in blfs-dev,plus there are some related posts in blfs-support,there are some serious problems with programs that using the GTK+ toolkit.

The problem can be fixed either downgrading to compositeproto-0.2.2 and fixesproto-3.0.2 or applying the following patch to xorg-server.

​http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=82963&action=view

Related link. ​http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127333

[dnicholson@…]

I think I figured out what's going on here. As Ag points out, you can downgrade your those proto packages and rebuild xorg-server. However, the patch at Gentoo is just the CVS commit made by Xorg developer Deron Johnson at the same time as the changes leading to compositeproto-0.3 and fixesproto-4.0.

Here's the trail of commits:

​http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-commit/2006-March/006620.html

Now, what's killing people is that this commit to xorg-server:

​http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-commit/2006-March/006622.html

didn't result in a new release like the proto packages. That commit is the patch at Gentoo. Also affected is libXcomposite-0.3.

So, unless we want to blacklist compositeproto-0.3, fixesproto-4.0 and libXcomposite-0.3, then I suggest we apply the patch to xorg-server.

[dnicholson@…]

Having thought about this some more, we should blacklist the packages referenced in the previous post. They are slated for use in Xorg-7.1 and it is unlikely that they've seen wide enough testing here for inclusion as evidenced by this bug. Please read some rationale in this post:

​http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-support/2006-April/059177.html

[DJ Lucas]

I have yet to see a problem, but I'm not up to gnome yet (waiting for 2.14.1). I too was unaware of their intent for xorg-7.0.1. For now, it needs to be dropped back to the previous versions (except for xorg-server-1.0.2 for the security fixes). We get that done first, and then move to the 10 page layout I think (separate bug).

[DJ Lucas]

Update wget has been put in my homedir and Justin notified. Will add a note in the book to stick to the versions listed in the wget scripts until xorg is divided out into separate sections.

[DJ Lucas]

wget list for proto has been copied to osuosl.org. Mirrors will sync. Added a note to the xorg7 page to download the wget file lists, even if building a minimal xorg7, and to use the versions listed in those files. It might be better as a warning instead of a note. Will change priority to low and leave this ticket open for now. We'll see if problems continue to show on the support lists.

[dnicholson@…]

I think this has been "fixed" by dj putting the Xorg-7.0.0 versions in the wget list. I can propose a workaround with patches pulled from CVS, but it seems saner that we just stick to the versions specified by the developer unless there is a serious bug or security fix.

I'll be closing this ticket if no one objects.

[DJ Lucas]

Nobody has mentioned it in a few days. Closing.