General X.org plans for Oneiric

Registered by Martin Pitt

This blueprint has been superseded. See the newer blueprint "General requirements gathering for Xorg in Oneiric" for updated plans.

Discussion of general X / mesa / libdrm plans for Natty.

General decisions to make:
 * What release of X to target?
 * What release of mesa to target?
 * What release of -intel, -ati, -nouveau to target?
 * How do we decide when to install nouveau 3D by default?

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Bryce Harrington
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Chris Halse Rogers
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Chris Halse Rogers
Definition:
Superseded
Series goal:
Declined for oneiric
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None
Completed by
Martin Pitt

Related branches

Sprints

Whiteboard

Work items:
[chasedouglas] Investigate input-redirection patches (not needed for Natty):
[raof] Talk to debian about adding some form of xvfb test to xserver build time checks
[raof] Call apport.hookutils.add_drm_info() from compiz, X, kernel hooks:
[sconklin] Make the intel kernel module always print: possible outputs, connected outputs, detected modes, selected mode:
[pitti] Can we have apport detect if the gpu hang did not produce debug info, and then offer to the user to turn debugging on (whatever the kernel team comes up with, or adding “drm.debug=0x06” to the kernel command line), prompt to reboot, and then next time send a bug report in:

pitti, 2011-04-27: Copied postponed WIs from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/multimedia-desktop-n-xorg-general-planning and https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-maverick-xorg-gpu-freeze-reports

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Work Items

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