On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:56:59AM -0500, Philippe Meunier wrote:
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> Hello,
> 
> Xorg's -br option does not seem to work anymore.  When I try it I get
> the standard X grey pattern on the root window instead of getting
> solid black.  The option '-nolisten tcp' still works, and I have not
> tried to test other options.  I noticed the change after upgrading a
> desktop PC from 4.5-current to 4.6-current about a month and a half
> ago (recompiling OpenBSD and Xenocara from source) and saw the same
> change again yesterday when doing the same upgrade using the same
> homemade release on a Thinkpad laptop (T43).  Can anyone confirm this
> or is it just me?  I know about 'xsetroot -solid black', I just would
> like to know whether this is an Xorg bug or a problem with the way my
> machines are configured and / or upgraded.

-br is the default now. Some developers don't seem to be pleased with that
change, which is why OpenBSD patches it. This breaks -br.

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=0bb317a78b96fddcdac319c9706b3a12f9...
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/xenocara/xserver/os/utils.c.diff?r1=1.8;r2=1.9;f=h

Sending a diff is your job now :)

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> 
> $ Xorg -version
> [...]
> X.Org X Server 1.6.3.901 (1.6.4 RC 1)
> Release Date: 2009-8-25
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: OpenBSD 4.6 i386 
> Current Operating System: OpenBSD akpatok.ungava.bay 4.6 GENERIC#4 i386
> Build Date: 28 October 2009  04:45:26PM
> [...]
> $ dmesg | head -1
> OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC) #4: Wed Oct 28 15:35:02 ICT 2009
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Philippe