Bug#702480: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: GTK fonts are invisible on PowerPC

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mit, 2013-03-06 at 19:04 -0800, Dan DeVoto wrote: 
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:6.14.4-7
> Severity: important

FWIW I think this deserves even higher severity, it should definitely be
fixed for wheezy.


> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> On new Wheezy installs or after an upgrade, PowerPC Macs using the radeon
> driver have GTK fonts render as very light purple making them invisible against
> gray backgrounds.  Other users have discussed this problem in the following
> threads:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2013/01/msg00028.html
> 
> http://www.mintppc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1205&sid=19248fa6623f340007d9c86ea8f37611
> 
> A workaround is to edit xorg.conf, changing AccelMethod to XAA or keeping the
> EXA default but adding the options "RenderAcceleration" "False" and
> "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy".
> 
> This bug does not affect fonts in a console, xterm, qt apps, or Openbox desktop
> menus, only in GTK apps.

I think the attached patch should fix this. Can you or anyone else on
the debian-powerpc list test it?


> 	Option      "RenderAcceleration"	"False"
> 	Option      "MigrationHeuristic"	"greedy"
[...] 
> [    45.807] (WW) RADEON(0): Option "RenderAcceleration" is not used

BTW, if you spelled "RenderAccel" correctly, Option "MigrationHeuristic"
shouldn't be necessary to work around the problem. In theory the latter
won't avoid the problem in some cases anyway.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer           |                   http://www.amd.com
Libre software enthusiast         |          Debian, X and DRI developer
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