[ANNOUNCE] xorg-server 1.11.1.902 (1.11.2 RC2)

Jeremy Huddleston jeremyhu at freedesktop.org
Sat Oct 29 00:58:12 PDT 2011


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== Description ==

This is the second release candidate for xorg-server 1.11.2 and contains
fixes for various crashes and correctness issues fixed since the previous
release.

== Known Issues ==

Important issues are listed in the 1.11 tracker bug:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=xserver-1.11

* #17013: Issues when mising Xinerama and XCopyArea/Xdamage
  * Patch on xorg-devel for review, will hopefully be in 1.11.3
* #29251: [from 1.8.x] server crash destroying GLX pixmaps
* #39580: [from 1.9.x] crash in GLX when resizing a window
* #39949: [from 1.9.x] RandR panning & scaling don't work
* #41124: [from 1.9.x] Another crash in GLX/DRI2 when resizing a window
* #41211: [from 1.10.x] A DRI2 crash regression
  * A workaround is ready.  Please get this merged to master, so it can be merged to stable.
* #42008: Double free using intel drivers
  * Fix is ready.  Please get this merged to master, so it can be merged to stable.
* #42219: [from 1.10.x] Composite bug sometimes shows empty tooltips

Some additional known issues from the 1.12 tracker would be considered for
1.11 if a fix becomes available:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=xserver-1.12

* #11053: Buffer overflow in fbCopyArea()
  * Has a patch, ajax thinks the patch is wrong
* #23938: [from 1.6.x] keys occasionally get stuck
* #24094: CTRL-ALT-F1 doesn't switch to VT1 (provides garbage input to terminal instead)
  * XKB weirdness.  This looks diagnosed, so let's get a patch tested.
* #27428: xrandr events delayed until a key is pressed
* #27804: Enter/Leave event woes with multiple master devices
* #31501: [from 1.8.x] crash accessing font info with xfs in fontpath
* #32765: [from 1.8.x] Xephyr segfaults on 24bpp hosts
  * A possible fix is discussed, but Keith didn't like it.
* #39094: WaitFor does not handle EIO (causes 100% cpu load)
* #41141: Wrong physical size reported for Acer Aspire One screen
  * Patch is provided in the bug report and needs review

== New Issues ==

If you encounter an issue that you think should block a future 1.11 release,
please follow the instructions listed in the wiki to raise this to our
attention.

http://www.x.org/wiki/Server111Branch

== Changes since 1.11.2 RC1 ==

Jeremy Huddleston (8):
      Xnest: Match the host's keymap
      XQuartz: appledri: Set the correct reply length for XAppleDRICreatePixmap
      XQuartz: appledri: Fix byte swapping in replies
      XQuartz: appledri: Allow byte swapped requests
      XQuartz: applewm: Correct byte swapping in event notifications
      XQuartz: appledri: Correct byte swapping in event notifications
      XWin: windowswm: Correct byte swapping in event notifications
      configure.ac: Bump to 1.11.1.902 (1.11.2 RC2)

Jesse Barnes (1):
      crtc: match full preferred modes if possible when choosing an initial config

Matthieu Herrb (2):
      Fix CVE-2011-4028: File disclosure vulnerability.
      Fix CVE-2011-4029: File permission change vulnerability.

Tomáš Trnka (1):
      Fix drain_console unregistration

Ville Syrjala (1):
      composite: Update borderClip in compAllocPixmap()

git tag: xorg-server-1.11.1.902

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