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Subject:    [gentoo-desktop]  Re: xorg 7.1 rc2, zooming known to be broken? [SOLVED font
From:       "Duncan" <1i5t5.duncan () cox ! net>
Date:       2006-05-25 10:03:32
Message-ID: e53vdk$fm5$1 () sea ! gmane ! org
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Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org> posted
20060524201724.GA10991@stiffy.osknowledge.org, excerpted below, on  Wed,
24 May 2006 22:17:24 +0200:

> * Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org> [2006-05-09 18:12:48 +0200]:
> 
>> * Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> [2006-05-09 08:54:44 -0700]:
>> 
>> > OK, I'm testing xorg 7.1 rc2 (xorg-server-1.0.99.902-r1 and friends).  
>> > 
>> > EXA acceleration and composite ROCKS! =8^)  Transparency and the other
>> > composite tricks now use virtually no more CPU than with composite
>> > disabled, at least on a Radeon 9200SE using the native xorg ati driver,
>> > with dual monitors in merged framebuffer mode, on SMP Opteron 242s,
>> > compiled with gcc-4.1.0.  No more constant 50% of one CPU, as with 7.0!
>> > 
>> > The biggest (only) problem so far is that the normal zoom keys
>> > (CTRL-ALT-NUMPLUS/NUMMINUS) have no effect.  Is that a known issue, or do
>> > I need to file an upstream bug?  I had tried the (less stable) rc1
>> > (.99.901) for a day or so, and saw the problem there, but didn't worry too
>> > much since that was only rc1.  I'm getting worried since it's still there
>> > in rc2, worried enough to ask about it.  I use that feature enough to
>> > definitely miss it!
>> 
>> I use xbindkeys and transset-df for that ... am I missing something?
>> 
>> BTW, font rendering with NVidia kernel driver is still crappy. Is there a
>> workaround somewhere besides using the nv module?
> 
> Font rendering is ok now with the NVidia module when
> 
> 	Option "RenderAccel"	"false"
> 
> is set in xorg.conf.

Glad yours is solved.  Mine isn't.  I never did get that bug filed, and 7.1
zoom still doesn't work at least here.

I'm contemplating trying to contact the developers for the ATI/Radeon
driver directly, and offer to be an active tester, given the somewhat
unusual setup I run.  (AMD64 Dual Opteron, 8 gig memory, dual monitors on a
single AGP Radeon 92xx in merged framebuffer mode.  Potentially second
Radeon 92xx on PCI, again dual monitor, for four monitors on two cards,
only I've never gotten that to work tho the Radeon driver is supposed to
support it.)  I figure it's rare enough they probably can't test that
configuration, so if I could run tests for them during development, I'd
both learn a lot more about how the system works, and end up with a better
and more stable release experience.



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