Author Archives: remi

Bug in xorg-server and random thoughts…

Posted on 2010-06-11 by remi

Zach recently wrote a post about an issue he’s had with fresh installs of x11-base/xorg-server and the Intel driver. The bug was already filed and Michał Gorny (our next recruit!) had already provided a patch. However, it took more than … Continue reading →

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Call For Testers: Xorg 1.7 going stable

Posted on 2010-03-29 by remi

It’s been a while since we last stabilized a new version of Xorg, so we’re calling for stable testers again. Please head over to bug #308521, grab the latest stabilization list and append it to /etc/portage/package.keywords. Then run emerge -DuNa … Continue reading →

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Christmas left-overs

Posted on 2009-12-26 by remi

Beware : non-Gentoo post ahead, feel free to skip if you don’t care, I won’t hold a grudge against you. By all measures, I can safely say I’m not really a Christmas-y fellow. I hate Christmas shopping because I’m really … Continue reading →

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Looking for a padawan, Part II

Posted on 2009-12-02 by remi

Gilles had me promise to write a follow up to a post of his, and since I don’t want him to call me a liar, here goes. The Gnome Team (of which I’m officially a member, but I guess it’s … Continue reading →

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Attention all stable users

Posted on 2009-11-28 by remi

Tomáš (scarabeus) and I decided it was time to do another round of stabilizations. Back in September when we stabilized xorg-server 1.6, upstream was in the process of releasing Xorg 7.5 (which includes xorg-server 1.7, are you still following?). So … Continue reading →

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Response to a comment

Posted on 2009-10-29 by remi

Benjamin wrote a comment on my last post, and I’ll share my answers here because those questions come up every now and then, so it’s better to try to inform everyone. (That and I never write on this blog, so … Continue reading →

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Xorg-server 1.7 in ~arch

Posted on 2009-10-27 by remi

It’s out there now, available in ~arch. Like always, you’ll need to rebuild your drivers, just look-up the command given by the server’s ebuild (use eread if you’ve lost the output). This release took a little longer to unmask not … Continue reading →

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xorg-server 1.6 is now stable on amd64, other arches to follow soon

Posted on 2009-10-01 by remi

Turned out that xorg-server 1.6 is pretty much ready for stabilization, as only a handful of bugs were reported over the testing period since last week, and they only concerned the stabilization list. Without further ado, I’ve asked our faithful … Continue reading →

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Help neeeded to stabilize libxcb 1.4 and xorg-server 1.6

Posted on 2009-09-23 by remi

Here we go again. This time, we’re going for the double sweepstakes as we’re trying to stabilize both libxcb 1.4 and xorg-server 1.6! For once, the server upgrade shouldn’t be too hard and the server upgrade guide is remarkably slim. … Continue reading →

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Xorg 1.5.3 update

Posted on 2009-04-06 by remi

Xorg 1.5.3 is now officially stable on 4 of the major arches : amd64, ppc, ppc64 and x86. Props to for ppc/ppc64 for getting there first With this now done, I’ll slowly start cleaning up old ebuilds. X in Gentoo … Continue reading →

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