Emerged xfree-4.3.0-r3 earlier today, USE="xml truetype savage -cyrillic cjk speedo type1 expertxfree". First problem was, the savage driver digest (savage-1.1.27t.zip) was not added to the digest list so I had to manually md5sum it and add it to the list before compiling would begin. That happened with the ebuild off seemant's website, but didn't happen again on emerge sync and recompile with the rsync version of the ebuild. Second problem was, when I switch out of X to framebuffer and back, the 'X' appears in the middle of my screen and stays there, in addition to the mouse cursor. You know, that X that usually appears when starting X for a second or so, then disappears. I've also had some odd issues with other cursor-type objects staying frozen on the screen (like hands from dialog boxes etc.) that i never saw in -r2. I'm using fluxbox-0.1.14-r1. I'll try it with KDE shortly to see if the same occurs. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. startx &, to start X 2. Ctrl+Alt+F1, to switch to framebuffer 3. Ctrl+Alt+F7, to switch to X Actual Results: An X appeared in the center of my screen in addition to the mouse cursor and never went away. Expected Results: Not had an X in the middle of my screen. donnie@desktop donnie $ emerge info Portage 2.0.48 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://cs.ubishops.ca/pub/gentoo ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech. edu/pub/gentoo ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/unix/Linux/gentoo/ http://cs. ubishops.ca/pub/gentoo http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/unix/Linux/gentoo/ " CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode gif jpeg mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib directfb alsa gdbm slang readline aalib svga java mysql X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk qt kde motif opengl aavm acpi cdr dvd fbcon flash gphoto2 gtk2 icc imap jikes maildir mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail oav odbc plotutils samba scanner socks5 sse tiff usb xml -oss -libg++ -berkdb -arts -gnome" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache" ccache is not installed.
The problem with the 'X' appearing on-screen and associated difficulties have not appeared in kde-3.1.2, only fluxbox.
the rsync version of the ebuild is not even functional at the moment, as you can see from the comments in the mask file. I'm surprised it even compiled.
I spoke with Seemant on irc, he reminded me the rsync version of -r3 is broken, and told me the version on his website is completely out of date. However, I want to point out the problem with the X on the screen happened with both of them. <seemant> spyderous: um, you do know it's not working at all right now, right? <spyderous> seemant: yes, but the one on your website is 'more working', isn't it? <seemant> spyderous: yes, and it's obsolete
Try to put Option "SWcursor" "True" in your XF86config in your graphic card section
The SWCursor True fixed it.
