[buug] linux-2.4.19 and tk8.2

[Ian Zimmerman]

After trying to upgrade the kernel from 2.4.16 to 2.4.19, my tk8.2
apps broke (specifically: truetype fonts are scaled down to an
unreadable miniature size).  I suspect the updated drm driver since
that is the only point where my (traditional, non-fb) X server couples
tightly with the kernel.

some environment information:

itz:~$ dpkg --list xserver-xfree86
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  xserver-xfree8 4.1.0-5        the XFree86 X server
itz:~$ dpkg --list tk8.2
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  tk8.2          8.2.3-4        The Tk toolkit for TCL and X11 v8.2 - Run-Ti
itz:~$ sed -n -e '/^Section "Device"/,/^EndSection/p' /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI Xpert 128"
        Driver          "r128"
        VideoRam        16384
#       Option          "backingstore"
EndSection
itz:~$ 

Can anyone here either confirm or authoritatively deny the suspicion?
Also, the kernel configuration has a new backward compatibility option
for drm, but it is undocumented in 2.4.19.  Would selecting this
option fix the problem?

If there's an archive or FAQ for this list that is likely to answer this
question, please point me to it.  Thanks.

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