[buug] Re: [Dri-devel] linux-2.4.19 and tk8.2

[Michel Dänzer]

On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 20:09, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> 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?

Very unlikely, the DRM isn't directly related to fonts.


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