Re: [PLUG] Xlib ?problem?

[Mental Patient <mental@neverlight.com>]

Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> 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

This begs the question... what version of X is this? Its been quite a 
while since I used 3.x. All versions of 4.x support a modules section. 
It may be as simple as adding one.



> > 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"?

See the docs for X for what those modules are for.
http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/XF86Config.5.html#sect4
So, once you find the docs for your version of X, it shouldn't take too 
long to figure out.


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