Re: [Cooker] xorg-snapshot packages can be tested

> Hi
>
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade
> <pcpa@...> wrote:
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  The xorg-snapshot packages should be usable for testing now.
>> To install you need to add contrib/testing to urpmi, then just
>> run something like:
>>
>> # urpmi xorg-snapshot
>>
>>  If it ever asks for different alternatives, choose the
>> -snapshot one (remaining problems should be fixed soon, but
>> it should work with either option).
>>
>>  Everything will be installed under /opt/xorg-snapshot, and
>> the full install requires around 315Mb.
>>
>>  After installation, it should be possible to run in parallel
>> with current Xorg, but for safety, you should enter run level 3.
>> This could be done with a command like:
>>
>> # service dm stop
>>
>> after switching to a text console and logging in.
>>
>>  After that, as a normal user, you should be able to run:
>>
>> $ xorg-snapshot <xinit-args> -- <xserver-args>
>>
>>  It is just a front-end to startx, and a sample usage is:
>>
>> $ xorg-snapshot /usr/bin/xterm
>>
>> then, once you have a X Server with a single xterm window,
>> run:
>>
>> $ startkde &
>>
>> in that xterm window.
>>
>>  3d applications should work only with a few drivers, and some
>> will print messages about lack of certain features. Snapshot versions
>> of the kernel modules should be made available soon, an hopefully
>> some builds of X Server and Mesa alternate branches.
>>
>>  The current X Server binary was compiled with a not 100%
>> correct -D option, so it is not possible to use the -config
>> option, and it will not read xorg.conf. Consider it a good
>> time to see how the automagic, no xorg.conf X Server works :-)
>>
>>
>> -
>>  A note about the "official" X Server package, that also caused
>> problems to some people. I did lots of testing, but installing
>> one package and then "rpm -Uvh --force ...", but there is a
>> problem when %pre script is run, and change a directory into
>> a symlink, where after everything is done, rpm will remove
>> files from the "old package", but ends up removing some files
>> it just installed... If you have problems, please check
>> "rpm -V xinitrc", "rpm -V x11-server-common" and
>> "rpm -V x11-server-xorg". If anything is missing, reinstalling
>> the package should be enough to fix the problem. A better work
>> around should be available, but I am not sure how to tell
>> rpm to not remove a file it just installed during an upgrade.
>>
>> Paulo
>>
>>
>
> I do not know if my problem is related to the new version of xorg in testing.
>
> After the daily Cooker update of my machine (there are a lot of X
> packages) X do not start ang give this message error.
>
> execue failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)
>
>
> Bye Bye, Moreno
>