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Someone set us up the bomb, so shine we are!
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X.org is getting hammered by /. so here is the summary of changes:

2. Summary of new features in X11R6.8.2

This is a sampling of the new features in X11R6.8.2. A more complete list of changes can be found in the ChangeLog file that is part of the X source tree.

  * Freetype was updated to version 2.1.8. But installing freetype from X distributions would often or usually result in the replacement or use of "stale" versions of freetype. On Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris 10, and SCO5, therefore, X11R6.8.2 will by default use the version of freetype2 that is installed on the system. If your system doesn't come with an installed freetype2 and you wish to use the version supplied with this distribution, please add: #define HasFreetype2 NO to config/cf/host.def.
  * The XTT font module and FreeType1 have been retired because FreeType2 subsumes their functionality
  * Retire old PS Type1 font rasterizer (except for CID font usage) since the FreeType2 rasterizer now handles PS Type1 (*.pfa, *.pfb)
  * Render implementation fixes
  * Updated x86emu and resynced with upstream at Scitech
  * Updated SiS driver
  * Updated Nvidia driver (opensource version)
  * Render acceleration for ATI's R100 and R200-series cards
  * Substantial speedups in the software implementation of the render extensions when compiled with gcc 3.4 on the i386 architecture.
  * Infrastructure for rotation support in drivers
  * New Trapezoid specification for the Render extension
     o Respecify Render to include only 'normal' traps
     o Allow backward compatibility but internally covert to new format
  * Software mouse cursor is now based on the Damage extension
  * A new keyboard driver is enabled by default. The old driver is disabled unless explicitly compiled in by defining the macro |USE_DEPRECATED_KEYBOARD_DRIVER|.
  * All extensions (except Xserver-specific extensions "DMX" and "XpExtension") can now be enabled/disabled from the configuration file and from the command line.
  * Mac OS X updates:
     o Support dynamic screen configuration changes in rootless mode
     o Added option to always use Mac command key equivalents
     o Interpret scroll wheel mouse events correctly when shift is held down
     o Added trivial Xinput support
     o Fixed launch of X clients from Finder with a space in their path
     o Fixed some GLX rendering problems on Mac OS X 10.2 and earlier
  * Updated xterm version

2.1. New X extensions

X11R6.8.2 includes four new extensions:

XFixes

  The XFixes extension is a collection of improvements for deficiencies in the core protocol, including

    * Notification when a selection changes
    * Server-side region objects
    * Allow clients to track the cursor image

Damage

  The Damage extension allows a client to be notified whenever something is drawn to a window. This feature is useful for VNC servers, for screen magnifiers, and for clients using the Composite extension to update the screen.
Composite (experimental)

  The Composite extension allows a client to request that all drawing to window is redirected to off-screen buffer. Though the Damage extension the client, called a 'compositing manager', can know which areas of a window is modified and render the windows on screen. By making use of the drawing requests from both the core protocol and the RENDER extension, the compositing manager can create special effects, such as translucennt windows.

  The Composite extension is considered experimental in X11R6.8.2 and is turned off by default.
XEvIE (X Event Interception Extension) (experimental)

  XEvIE is an extension to intercept core keyboard and pointing device input It allows consumation, modification or synthesis of input events before these are sent to their final destination (i.e., interested clients). This feature is required by the GNOME accessibility project.

  The XEvIE extension is considered experimental
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XF86Config
xorg.conf
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cool, but will it run Linux?
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xserver-xorg
/usr/local/
Package: *

Pin: release a=hoary

Pin-Priority: 50

 # Ubuntu Hoary

 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted universe multiverse
apt-get update

apt-get install grep-dctrl

cat status | grep-dctrl xorg -F Source -s Package | perl -e 'while (<>) { print; print "Pin: release a=hoary\nPin-Priority: 1000\n\n" }' >> /etc/apt/preferences
apt-get upgrade

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