Re: turning on X extensions with XFree86 4.0.x

[Rich Rudnick <nickrud@citlink.net>]

On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 09:46:17 Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> i installed xserver-xfree86_4.0.3-4_i386.deb today, and simple things like
> the shaped window extension disappeared.  xdpyinfo reports:
> 
> number of extensions:    8
>     LBX
>     MIT-SHM
>     SECURITY
>     XC-APPGROUP
>     XFree86-Bigfont
>     XInputExtension
>     XKEYBOARD
>     XTEST
> 
> However, i see a bunch of other goodies here:
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libpex5.a
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libxie.a
> 
> The man pages are not helpful;  i'd prefer not to download the source code
> to research this.  Is there some magic way to turn on these extensions?
> 

In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 you will find a section like the following (copied
from my config):

Section "Module"
        Load  "GLcore"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "fbdevhw"
        Load  "pex5"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "freetype"
        # Load  "xtt"
        Load  "speedo"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "xie"
EndSection