[Xquartz-dev] 2.4.0_rc2

[Jack Howarth]

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 01:24:16AM -0700, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> I've released 2.4.0_rc2.  If you don't see an auto-update notification, 
> you can download it from
>
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/downloads/X11-2.4.0_rc2.dmg
>
> The main changes from rc1 include a few updated packages from upstream  
> (xextproto, fixesproto, xmag, xrx) and some bugfixes to the XQuartz  
> server and libGL:
>
> The visuals saw some fixes.
>   There is no longer a DirectColor visual
>   15bit visuals are listed in 24bit mode
>   the bitmasks are now correct
>   the default visual now correctly corresponds to a GLX visual.
> Tablet support was improved
>   the mouse position no longer "jitters" when using the pen
> A few crashes were fixed
>   embedding the acrobat 7 pdf viewer in a linux firefox client no longer 
> crashes the server
>   using AIGLX no longer crashes the server
>   calling glDrawBuffer with an invalid context no longer crashes the  
> client
>
> I'm still investigating some more possible regressions, but I think  
> 2.4.0-rc2 looks solid.  Please live on it and let me know if there are  
> any other regressions that I should look at before pushing a release.
>
> Full ChangeLog:
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.4.0
>
> Known Issues:
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&group=status&milestone=2.4.0
>
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Jeremy,
   Do you have any older hardware to test Xquartz on? I am finding that x11 pymol seems to render much slower
than the MacPymol application on a Quicksilver dual G4 with Radeon 7500 graphics even though it reports...

OpenGL graphics engine:
  GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc.
  GL_RENDERER: ATI Radeon 7500 OpenGL Engine
  GL_VERSION: 1.3 ATI-1.5.48
 Detected 2 CPU cores.  Enabled multithreaded rendering.
 OpenGL quad-buffer stereo 3D detected and enabled.

The Representations demo runs much slower in x11 pymol as well as rotating
the results of the ray tracing demo.
        Jack