Bug#367044: xserver-xorg: please re-enable lbx support
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 03:30:24AM +0100, Alexander Clouter wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> Whilst trying to get LBX support to work with the latest X.Org packets in
> Debian unstable, lbxproxy kept telling me that the LBX extension was not
> available on my client's xserver.
>
> Digging around I did indeed find that the LBX extension was not loading in
> my /var/log/Xorg.0.log file but yet I have libext6 installed which is ment
> to supply such goodness.
>
> Digging through Google I happened upon a patch being applied that actually
> turned off LBX support, but I could not find any reason why this had been
> done.
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2005/12/msg00212.html
>
> Any chance of turning it back on?
Not likely. Upstream has decided that lbx is to be deprecated for the
X11R7.1 release[0], which is currently scheduled to be released this Friday.
The reasons are outlined in this paper:
http://keithp.com/~keithp/talks/lbxpost/index.html
which essentially states that lbx is a failed technology. As a result of
both these things I don't see a need to enable lbx currently.
- David Nusinow
[0] http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ChangesForX11R71
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