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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Christopher James Halse Rogers
  • Date: 2011-01-31 19:45:19 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.1.38 upstream) (0.1.19 experimental)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20110131194519-fx30d1zsg83invba
Tags: 2:1.9.99.901+git20110131.be3be758-0ubuntu1
* Merge from (unreleased) debian-experimental.  Remaining Ubuntu changes:
  - rules:
    + Disable SELinux, libaudit-dev is not in main yet. (LP: #406226)
    + Enable xcsecurity. (LP: #247537)
    + Add --with-extra-module-dir to support GL alternatives.
  - control: 
    + Xvfb depends on xauth, x11-xkb-utils. (LP: #500102)
    + Add breaks for incompatible drivers. (LP: #614993)
    + Drop libaudit-dev from build-deps.
  - local/xvfb-run*: Add correct docs about error codes. (LP #328205)
  - debian/patches:
    + 100_rethrow_signals.patch:
      When aborting, re-raise signals for apport
    + 109_fix-swcursor-crash.patch:
      Avoid dereferencing null pointer while reloading cursors during
      resume. (LP: #371405)
    + 111_armel-drv-fallbacks.patch:
      Add support for armel driver fallbacks.
    + 121_only_switch_vt_when_active.diff:
      Add a check to prevent the X server from changing the VT when killing
      GDM from the console.
    + 122_xext_fix_card32_overflow_in_xauth.patch:
      Fix server crash when “xauth generate” is called with large timeout.
    + 157_check_null_modes.patch, 162_null_crtc_in_rotation.patch,
      166_nullptr_xinerama_keyrepeat.patch, 167_nullptr_xisbread.patch
      169_mipointer_nullptr_checks.patch,
      172_cwgetbackingpicture_nullptr_check.patch:
      Fix various segfaults in xserver by checking pointers for NULL
      values before dereferencing them.
    + 165_man_xorg_conf_no_device_ident.patch
      Correct man page
    + 168_glibc_trace_to_stderr.patch:
      Report abort traces to stderr instead of terminal
    + 184_virtual_devices_autodetect.patch:
      Use vesa for qemu device, which is not supported by cirrus
    + 188_default_primary_to_first_busid.patch:
      Pick the first device and carry on (LP: #459512)
    + 190_cache-xkbcomp_output_for_fast_start_up.patch:
    + 191-Xorg-add-an-extra-module-path.patch:
      Add support for the alternatives module path.
    + 198_nohwaccess.patch:
      Adds a -nohwaccess argument to make X not access the hardware
      ports directly.
    + 200_randr-null.patch:
      Clarify a pointer initialization.
    + 206_intel_8xx_default_to_fbdev.patch:
      Makes 8xx class intel GPUs default to fbdev for stability. (LP: #633593)
* Refresh 121_only_switch_vt_when_active.diff for new upstream.
* Drop 187_edid_quirk_hp_nc8430.patch; upstream.
* Drop 189_xserver_1.5.0_bg_none_root.patch; functionality now upstream.
* Refresh 190_cache-xkbcomp_output_for_fast_start_up.patch for new upstream.
* Drop 197_xvfb-randr.patch:
  - miRandR, which this used, has been removed from the server. 
* Drop 204_fix-neg-sync-transition.patch; upstream.
* Drop 207_dga_master_device.patch; upstream.
* Drop 208_switch_on_release.diff; upstream.
* debian/patches/209_add_legacy_bgnone_option.patch:
  - Add "-nr" as a synonym for "-background none" to ease the transition from
    the old 189_xserver_1.5.0_bg_none_root.patch patch.  Can be dropped once
    all the ?DM have been updated to use the new option.
* debian/control:
  - Add Breaks: to xserver-xorg-video-8 and current fglrx.  These proprietary
    drivers don't yet have appropriate dependency information, so manually
    handle them here to prevent broken upgrades.

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.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.man,v 1.1 2001/01/24 00:06:34 dawes Exp $
 
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.TH FBDEVHW __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__
 
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.SH NAME
 
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fbdevhw \- os-specific submodule for framebuffer device access
 
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.SH DESCRIPTION
 
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.B fbdevhw
 
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provides functions for talking to a framebuffer device.  It is
 
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os-specific.  It is a submodule used by other video drivers.
 
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A
 
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.B fbdevhw
 
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module is currently available for linux framebuffer devices.
 
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.PP
 
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fbdev(__drivermansuffix__) is a non-accelerated driver which runs on top of the
 
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fbdevhw module.  fbdevhw can be used by other drivers too, this
 
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is usually activated with `Option "UseFBDev"' in the device section.
 
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
 
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__xservername__(__appmansuffix__), __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__),
 
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xorgconfig(__appmansuffix__), Xserver(__appmansuffix__), X(__miscmansuffix__),
 
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fbdev(__drivermansuffix__)
 
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.SH AUTHORS
 
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Authors include: Gerd Knorr, based on the XF68_FBDev Server code
 
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(Martin Schaller, Geert Uytterhoeven).