Bug 186298

Summary:	x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0 - XEVIE extension disabled, even when enabled in xorg.conf
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Carl Michal <michal>
Component:	[OLD] Server	Assignee:	Gentoo X packagers <x11>
Status:	VERIFIED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Carl Michal 2007-07-23 06:25:25 UTC

In the current (1.3.0) xorg xserver, the XEVIE can't be enabled.

It is disabled in os/utils.c, so that currently if you try to enable it in xorg.conf, X dutifully reports that it is initializing XEVIE as a built-in extension, but in fact it never does.

By changing:
_X_EXPORT Bool noXevieExtension = TRUE;

to 

_X_EXPORT Bool noXevieExtension = FALSE;

in os/utils.c the extension can actually be initialized.

Since this extension now is apparently required for gnome-2.18, it might be helpful to actually enable it.

Comment 1 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-08-02 01:19:35 UTC

Those are the defaults, they shouldn't force it off regardless of configuration. How are you determining that it's off, and how are you attempting to enable it? Please reopen when you reply.

Comment 2 Carl Michal 2007-08-05 06:14:05 UTC

Sorry - I think the only problem here was between the keyboard and the screen.