Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated xorg-server-1.8.2-1

[Jon TURNEY <jon dot turney at dronecode dot org dot uk>]

On 06/08/2010 10:21, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> The following package has been updated in the Cygwin distribution:
>
> *** xorg-server-1.8.2-1
> *** xorg-server-dmx-1.8.2-1
>
> This is an update to the latest upstream release of the X servers.
>
> Support for RANDR display resizing was added.  In windowed mode, this
> requires the XWin -resize option; in multiwindow mode, the display will
> automatically resize to match a change in Windows display resolution.
> See XWin(1) for details.

I'm afraid I made a mistake when updating the XWin(1) man page when adding the 
description of '-resize'.  '-resize' is also required in multiwindow mode to 
activate resize support.  Also, something like the following needs to be added:

"In -multwindow or -rootless mode, if the X screen is
of the same dimensions as a Windows monitor or the virtual desktop,
the X server will respond to the WM_DISPLAYCHANGED sent when those
dimensions change by resizing the X screen.  Changing the size
of the X screen using the RANDR extension is not permitted."

We'll probably make -resize on by default in -multiwindow mode in the future, 
after more testing and feedback.

> Additional patches:
> - Generate X keycodes for multimedia keys.
> - Update mapping for Canadian keyboard layouts.
> - Add -resize command line option.
> - Internal WM workaround for Java AWT bug.
> - Fix a GDI bitmap resource leak of window icons.
> - Store pthread_ids and chain IOError handlers to avoid longjmp across
> threads.

Just to clarify, this should fix the problem of X crashing during shutdown, 
leaving behind a stale lock file.  Which should in turn fix the problem of not 
being able to start X if it was previously run by an Administrator if you 
aren't an Administrator.

If there are still problems with multiple users of X on the same computer, 
either sequentially or in parallel, we'd like to hear about them.

> - Make select() poll and not block if there are unprocessed Windows
> messages.
> - Better keyboard debugging output.
> - Show any fatal error message.

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Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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