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
