Arthur S. Alexion on Sun, 28 Jul 2002 02:30:07 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] Xlib ?problem?


On Friday 26 July 2002 03:19 pm, Mental wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 14:50, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> > Every time I start an X program from the terminal console, I get
> > the message,
> >
> > XLib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
> >
> > Then the program loads without any problems that I can detect.
> >
> > Can I fix it?
> > Need I bother?
> > Is it just feedback, as opposed to an error?
>
> in XF86Config in the Modules section (yes, X has modules):

Please bear with me, my /etc/X11/XF86Config does not have a Modules 
section


>
> Load "extmod"
>
>
> restart X.
> xdpyinfo | less
>
> Look for RENDER. Should be loaded now. See google and xfree86.org.
>
> You may also want to load "freetype", "glx", "dbe", "type1" and "dri"
> depending on your hardware/needs.

Assuming that I solve the problem of my XF86Config not having a Modules 
section, how will I know whether I also want to load "freetype", "glx", 
"dbe", "type1" and "dri"?

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