xorg-server 1.6.0 in testing

JGC · 2009-03-02 18:47:20

The upcoming version of xorg-server will have a lot of workarounds and patches removed. Doing so, the package becomes easier to understand, as even its maintainer has no idea what is happening anymore. When upgrading to xorg-server-1.6, you will see these file conflicts on most systems:

error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting files)
xorg-server: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so exists in filesystem

It's safe and advised to overwrite these files. The symlinks were previously created from post_install by the xorg-server and nvidia-utils packages. It is advised to install xorg-server first by using "pacman -Sf xorg-server", after which you can upgrade the rest of your system.

This release of xorg-server requires a rebuild of all video and input drivers. Older drivers will fail to load with an ABI mismatch. Drivers in our repositories will receive an update to match the xorg-server ABI.

Nvidia has updated their latest drivers with support for this version of xorg-server. AMD does not support xorg-server-1.6 yet in their Catalyst drivers. AMD users are advised to switch to the xf86-video-ati or xf86-video-radeonhd drivers instead, or keep any X.Org related updates on hold via IgnorePkg in pacman.conf. This can be done by putting xorg-server in IgnorePkg in pacman.conf. All other updates should have conflicts set, so it will be clear which additional packages should be added to the IgnorePkg list on your system. Note that there will be no support for older versions of xorg-server when this version moves to extra.

AdeBe · 2009-03-02 18:58:23

How long we can expect it will remain in testing?
I know that generally it depends on how many troubles it will bring. But I'd like to know some predictions (a week, a month, a half of a year...)

Allan · 2009-03-02 19:07:32

Given we are not waiting for AMD to release drivers for this xorg update, I'd expect it to only be in testing for a short time (think weeks not months). But it all depends on what issues users run into.

venky80 · 2009-03-02 19:08:51

is the nvidia driver in testing compatible with xorg-server 1.6?

Pierre · 2009-03-02 19:17:30

yes it is. At least the nvidia one; I couldn't test the legacy drivers.

flamelab · 2009-03-02 19:20:48

Xf86-video-ati works great with xorg-server 1.6 as I can see myself here.

venky80 · 2009-03-02 20:12:56

guys i cannot see the xorg-server in testing is it my mirror? (thought i used the main one)

Allan · 2009-03-02 20:27:34

It will be there soon. Jan was getting the announcement out first so people were prepared. Also, try not to use the ftp.archlinux.org mirror as this uses a lot of resources for us.

droog · 2009-03-02 23:10:48

Working fine here with the new nvidia-96xx.
It seems disabling hotplugging isn't working anymore and i have to run hal/dbus now to get my keyboard and mouse working, anyone else have this problem yet?

Last edited by droog (2009-03-02 23:12:05)

Kknd · 2009-03-03 01:55:42

Wow! My intel x3100 is working again. Thanks for the quick packaging.

CheesyBeef · 2009-03-03 02:26:57

Working great here with xf86-video-ati and X Server 1.6.0

Thanks for your work!

steve-e · 2009-03-03 07:24:07

Everything working fine! (xf86-video-ati, xfce4, slim, no composite)

revellion · 2009-03-03 07:59:53

working fine here on Thinkpad T60p with Intel 945GMA Chip .

And DRI2 works as intended (just had to toss this in as it was one of the biggest reasons i drooled over this testing release )

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JGC · 2009-03-03 08:10:13

Note that DRI2 works only with UXA, not with EXA or XAA.
Note2: UXA is still experimental, though I haven't noticed issues with it yet.

fwojciec · 2009-03-03 08:24:56

UXA works, though EXA seems to be faster, especially in 3D -- 2D performance (gtkperf) seems comparable with UXA and EXA (at least on my Intel 945GME). All works great, by the way

dcrabs · 2009-03-03 08:34:26

May I just say: Thank you!
Finally my intel card is working again.
Here it seems UXA is better than EXA cause the frame rate doesn't drop in 3d-mode. Everything smooth.

Army · 2009-03-03 09:22:58

flamelab wrote:

Xf86-video-ati works great with xorg-server 1.6 as I can see myself here.

Same here, absolutely no problems so far Didn't have to change anything for the new X

agapito · 2009-03-03 09:53:26

revellion wrote:

working fine here on Thinkpad T60p with Intel 945GMA Chip .
And DRI2 works as intended (just had to toss this in as it was one of the biggest reasons i drooled over this testing release )

Can you post your xorg.conf because i have the same card and very low performance with this update. Only 500 fps on glxgears.

mutlu_inek · 2009-03-03 10:38:29

I tried, but I'm back to old packages again (xorg 1.4 + i810 driver). With mesa 7.3 + intel 2.6, 3D is basically useless on my Intel 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML (rev 03). According to our beloved glxgears, I get one fourth of the possible framerate with this new stack compared to the old one... and desktop effects hurt the eyes.

otto0 · 2009-03-03 11:20:12

I have updated xorg-server and I have replaced catalyst driver with xf86-video-ati. Command "sudo hwd -x" got:

Testing: kernel (2.6.28-ARCH) supports uevents
Please wait...
No Xserver installed!!

What can I do?

byte · 2009-03-03 11:22:57

Use X -configure to get an initial xorg.conf.

Addendum:
Updated [testing] -> working fine here with Slim, Xfce and xf86-video-mach64; "Generic Event Extension" errors are finally gone

Last edited by byte (2009-03-03 11:25:43)

Gigamo · 2009-03-03 11:23:44

Working fine here as well, just upgraded. Nvidia 8600M GT with the 'nvidia' package.

dcrabs · 2009-03-03 11:31:14

agapito wrote:

revellion wrote:
working fine here on Thinkpad T60p with Intel 945GMA Chip .
And DRI2 works as intended (just had to toss this in as it was one of the biggest reasons i drooled over this testing release )
Can you post your xorg.conf because i have the same card and very low performance with this update. Only 500 fps on glxgears.

You know that glxgears is not a real benchmark?
I have a 965GM chip and my xorg.conf contains only a line for UXA which is maybe interesting for you:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "intel"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName   "Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option      "AccelMethod" "UXA"
    Option      "FramebufferCompression" "true"
EndSection

As long as you can use desktop effects smoothly and maybe gaming is fine, why bother about glxgears frame rate?

karabaja4 · 2009-03-03 11:45:48

my results on i915:

edited - updated results on next page.

@dcrabs: I think there's more to this than the UXA line (modules, compositing?). Can you please post your whole xorg.conf if things are working ok for you?

Last edited by karabaja4 (2009-03-03 19:02:28)

agapito · 2009-03-03 11:50:04

Because on my comp, low glxgears frame rate = bad performance on real apps.

Ok, i went to my bios and changed memory management to DMVT and Maximum DMVT, I put UXA on my xorg.conf and performance was better, but still a little slow on composite and mupenplus give me 3 fps. I have dri2 and is cool but i have this bug (http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/x … 44044.html) alredy solved on git. The best thing was a noticiable low memory consumption of X process. I hope 2.6.29 kernel fix these problems.

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