[Xquartz-dev] Bugfixes for 2.5.0_rc1

Jack Howarth howarth at bromo.med.uc.edu
Fri Mar 19 06:13:41 PDT 2010


On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:01:26PM -0700, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
> So the main issues I've seen reported from 2.5.0_rc1 are:
> 
> $PATH should be reordered
>   - Fixed locally
> 
> Display config changes result in clipped pointer events (can't move window some places)
>   - I know a fix, checking upstream to see if it's the best fix
> 
> Xephyr and Xnest have bad keymaps
>   - Fixed locally ... you can use these binaries:
>     http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/testing/Xnest
>     http://static.macosforge.org/xquartz/downloads/testing/Xephyr
> 
> System fontconfig segfaults after updating to XQuartz
>   - The only thing this can be is a conflict in the caches.  I can't really "fix" this
>     in an XQuartz update since it's the system fontconfig crashing
> 
> System X11.app starts as "default" X11.
>   - You need to log out for that.  I don't want to force logout in the installer.

Jeremy,
    You should at least have the installer alert the user either at the
start of the installation or the end that a logout is required to use
the newly installed X11. 
           Jack
> 
> After logging out and back in, system X11.app won't run
>   - This is an issue with the system X11 and the fix must come from Apple.
> 
> If I missed an issue, please report it (preferably with a bug report at http://xquartz.macosforge.org).  As it is now, I think I have mostly eliminated the reported issues.  Thanks for testing.
> 
> --Jeremy


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