Re: (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist)

[Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es>]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 06:14:57 +0000, T o n g wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I get the following error when starting X:
> 
>  (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0)
> 
> This is Debian Sid.

AFAIK, the "freetype" xorg module is obsolete in Sid on all
architectures except the unoffical m68k port (which has an outdated
version of Xorg).

> The packages.debian.org says that the module "freetype" is from package 
> xserver-xorg-core 
> http://packages.debian.org/search?
> suite=sid&arch=any&searchon=contents&keywords=%2Fusr%2Flib%2Fxorg%
> 2Fmodules%2Ffonts%2Flibfreetype.so

This search encompasses all architectures, therefore it finds the legacy
file for m68k.

> But why my xserver-xorg-core doesn't have it?

You are not using the m68k port.

You can simply comment out the line that tries to load the freetype
module in your xorg.conf. As a matter of fact, it should be possible to
comment out the entire "Modules" section and most of the rest of the
configuration file. For reference, here is what is currently left in my
xorg.conf on Sid/amd64:

$ grep -Ev '^(#|$)' /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerFlags"
        Option  "DontZap"               "off"
EndSection

These are the modules that get loaded:

$ grep LoadModule  /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) LoadModule: "intel"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"

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