[ANNOUNCE] xorg-server 1.7.99.902

[Stefan Dirsch]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:45:26PM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> 
> According to the published schedule, we're supposed to be closing in on
> the release within the next couple of weeks. I'm pretty satisfied with
> the current state of the code, but I'd love to hear about regressions
> that people are finding so that we can clean things up before the
> release.

One serious regression compared to xorg-server 1.7.6 I've found during the
weekend is that video driver autodetection no longer works with xorg.conf.d in
place.

For instance I'm using the following snippet to allow preferring fglrx and
radeonhd driver if installed.

--- hw/xfree86/common/xf86AutoConfig.c
+++ hw/xfree86/common/xf86AutoConfig.c
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@
        case 0x1142:                driverList[0] = "apm"; break;
        case 0xedd8:                driverList[0] = "ark"; break;
        case 0x1a03:                driverList[0] = "ast"; break;
-       case 0x1002:                driverList[0] = "ati"; break;
+       case 0x1002:
+               driverList[0] = "fglrx";
+               driverList[1] = "radeonhd";
+               driverList[2] = "ati";
+               break;
        case 0x102c:                driverList[0] = "chips"; break;
        case 0x1013:                driverList[0] = "cirrus"; break;
        case 0x3d3d:                driverList[0] = "glint"; break;

This no longer works. If "fglrx" driver is not installed the Xserver just
gives up, i.e. no longer tries to use "radeonhd", then "ati/radeon". There is
no xorg.conf in place (I'm aware that this mechanism never worked with
xorg.conf in place), but xorg.conf.d is. After removing xorg.conf.d the
mechanism works again.

If there is a way to specify priorities for video drivers in xorg.conf.d
(matching vendor IDs) to replace that mechanism please let me know.

Best regards,
Stefan

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