* Michael Prokop mika@grml.org [20060413 00:12]:
if you are using a grml2hd installation please notice, that X11R7/Xorg 7.0 is in the Debian unstable pool now. http://gravityboy.livejournal.com/2006/04/11/
There might be issues when upgrading to the new Xorg version. Not only if you are using ATI/Nvidia drivers but also if you are running a plain grml installation.
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I've been busy working on the Xorg 7.0 stuff for grml. Some tips for the ones of you who want to upgrade (I hope you read my previous mail ;-)):
########################################################################### #1 The most common error (probably) is that X won't start with Fatal server: could not open default font 'fixed'
Your FontPath isn't adjusted to the new xfonts-base stuff then. In case of questions use:
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
You can remove all lines you think are not relevant. Current grml-x version takes care of your Xorg version, so it will work with Xorg 6.9 and 7.0 as well. ###########################################################################
########################################################################### #2 whiteglass cursor does not work
This bug might even hit you if you did not upgrade to Xorg 7.0 but upgraded package libxcursor. The problem is located in the xcursor-themes <-> libxcursor1 transition.
The fix is pretty simple - just downgrade to old libxcursor version:
# wget http://grml.org/repos/libxcursor1_1.1.3-1_i386.deb # dpkg -i libxcursor1_1.1.3-1_i386.deb
If you are running a grml installation you won't hit the bug now as the package is in the grml-repository and has a higher Pin-Priority. I'll remove the package from the repository so you get the update as soon at this issue has been fixed.
See my bugreport http://bugs.debian.org/362766 for more details. ###########################################################################
########################################################################### #3 xinit broken - X session doesn't start up
startx won't work, see http://bugs.debian.org/362069 for more details. There you will find my fix as well:
In /usr/bin/startx you have to change the line:
sysserverrc=/usr/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc
into:
sysserverrc=/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
Then startx should start up as usual. ###########################################################################
And last but not least: grml-x >=0.3-5 is Xorg 7.0 ready. :)
regards, -mika-