Hmm, what is going to replace IGLX? How are people going to display OpenGL graphics over remote X11 if not by GLX? Sorry if this is offtopic.
> On May 17, 2016, at 10:38 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> On May 17, 2016, at 22:18, Richard Cook <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't know what IGLX is, but GLX did not seem to work for me at all when I >> tried it in 2.7.9. Specifically, I could not run glxgears on a remote linux >> box, which is the canonical GLX test I always use. > > That is IGLX. > >> But the good news it that switching back to 2.7.8 was painless and made my >> problems with 2.7.9 go away. >> >>> On May 17, 2016, at 9:40 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> FWIW, there are security vulnerabilities addressed in the versions of >>> libpng in 2.7.9, so you might want to update at least for the security >>> reasons. >>> >>> The only issues that I'm aware of as regressions are the issues with IGLX >>> (which isn't really going to be supported much longer) and a regression in >>> the support for tcp connections (which is off by default and discouraged). >>> >>> --Jeremy >>> >>>> On May 17, 2016, at 14:39, Christopher Fick <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Magda, thank you so much for your thoughts! I did notice that v2.7.9 was >>>> just released earlier this month, and bugs were one thing I wondered >>>> about. I'm pretty out of the loop on this stuff. >>>> >>>> And, no I don't think I have anything to gain from an upgrade. Nothing >>>> prompted me to look into an upgrade aside from curiosity and an attempt to >>>> stay up to date. I just use XQ to run Inkscape, and so far I haven't had >>>> any issues in the little I've used it. It also appears that Inkscape is >>>> still standing at the same version (0.91) as when I initially installed it >>>> with XQ So, I will take your advice. If it ain't broken... >>>> >>>> Many Thanks! >>>> Christopher >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Magda Tsintou <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> Note: Sorry forgot to reply to all so that everyone can keep track of the >>>> conversation... >>>> >>>> Hi Christopher, >>>> >>>> With your OSX you would certainly not need to update. We recently were >>>> discussing some bugs in XQ 2.7.9 that have not been resolved while the >>>> version 2.7.8 works perfectly fine and I am running El Capitan 10.11.5. XQ >>>> 2.7.9 did not allow me to work with certain commands that needed >>>> forwarding over ssh and given the limited people who have been working on >>>> that fix this may cause problems for some time. I would strongly recommend >>>> from my personal experience to stick with XQ 2.7.8 if you have nothing in >>>> particular to gain from upgrading. I hope this helps a bit. Good luck! >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Magda. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Christopher Fick >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi I'm running XQ 2.7.8, and I see that 2.7.9 is now available. If I check >>>> for updates through the XQ "app" it says I'm up to date with 2.7.8. >>>> >>>> So, if I manually download and install 2.7.9 from the website should I >>>> just install it over the previous version? >>>> >>>> And on a side note, should I be able to update through 2.7.8, or is it >>>> common knowledge that it doesn't work that way since this is more of a >>>> framework (for lack of better words) rather than a normal application. >>>> >>>> Macbook Pro Mid 2012 15" >>>> OSX 10.8.5 >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Christopher >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/magda.tsintou%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> This email sent to [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/jeremyhu%40freedesktop.org >>>> >>>> This email sent to [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/wealthychef%40gmail.com >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >> > ————— Cheers from Rich Cook =============================== Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm. --Winston Churchill _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
