> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:09:13 -0600
> From: joshua stein <[email protected]>
>
> Is anyone seriously finding video/Xorg bugs through the default X
> stipple pattern anymore? Xorg changed the default to draw a black
> background a while ago (with stipple enabled using the -retro flag),
> but we have this local change that reverted it while adding a silly
> -retard flag in order to show the black background.
>
> I think we can finally stop partying like it's 1989 (vax is dead,
> after all) and have X show a solid black background by default.
The reason for this is to be able distinguish between:
"I get a black screen because X is not working"
and
"I get a black screen because my desktop environment is not working"
> Index: dix/globals.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /var/cvs/xenocara/xserver/dix/globals.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.11
> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.11 globals.c
> --- dix/globals.c 16 Sep 2015 19:10:20 -0000 1.11
> +++ dix/globals.c 9 Mar 2016 22:57:54 -0000
> @@ -118,11 +118,7 @@ const char *defaultCursorFont = COMPILED
> FontPtr defaultFont; /* not declared in dix.h to avoid including
> font.h in
> every compilation of dix code */
> CursorPtr rootCursor;
> -#ifndef __OpenBSD__
> Bool party_like_its_1989 = FALSE;
> -#else
> -Bool party_like_its_1989 = TRUE;
> -#endif
> Bool whiteRoot = FALSE;
>
> TimeStamp currentTime;
> Index: os/utils.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /var/cvs/xenocara/xserver/os/utils.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.21
> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.21 utils.c
> --- os/utils.c 7 Nov 2015 16:48:53 -0000 1.21
> +++ os/utils.c 9 Mar 2016 22:57:37 -0000
> @@ -579,11 +579,7 @@ UseMsg(void)
> ErrorF("-r turns off auto-repeat\n");
> ErrorF("r turns on auto-repeat \n");
> ErrorF("-render [default|mono|gray|color] set render color alloc
> policy\n");
> -#ifndef __OpenBSD__
> ErrorF("-retro start with classic stipple and cursor\n");
> -#else
> - ErrorF("-retard start with black background and no
> cursor\n");
> -#endif
> ErrorF("-s # screen-saver timeout (minutes)\n");
> ErrorF("-seat string seat to run on\n");
> ErrorF("-t # default pointer threshold (pixels/t)\n");
> @@ -918,13 +914,8 @@ ProcessCommandLine(int argc, char *argv[
> defaultKeyboardControl.autoRepeat = TRUE;
> else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-r") == 0)
> defaultKeyboardControl.autoRepeat = FALSE;
> -#ifndef __OpenBSD__
> else if ( strcmp( argv[i], "-retro") == 0)
> party_like_its_1989 = TRUE;
> -#else
> - else if ( strcmp( argv[i], "-retard") == 0)
> - party_like_its_1989 = FALSE;
> -#endif
> else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-s") == 0) {
> if (++i < argc)
> defaultScreenSaverTime = ((CARD32) atoi(argv[i])) *
>
>
