From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cairo and NX, forever enemies
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 17:42:25 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEH5T2O_MDqm5h9HjD9H-uNh8uXS=_-H0SKav2iO_7esC05JbA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1352138483.13206.0@numa-i>
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Helmut Jarausch
<jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> On 11/05/2012 05:08:39 PM, Paul Hartman wrote:
>>
>> Latest cairo 1.12.6 in ~arch breaks gtk+ programs in opensource
>> NX/x2go again, so if you wonder why you can't start Firefox or
>> Thunderbird in remote NX session, downgrade cairo on the server until
>> the nx libs are patched to work properly with it.
>>
>
> Many thanks, I've been wondering why some applications fail in a remote NX
> session.
>
> Is there a bug report?
It's an ongoing problem for a long time (years?), there are various
bug reports all over the web. When new cairo releases break things
again usually nx-libs gets patched some time later... until then I
mask cairo :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-05 23:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-05 16:08 [gentoo-user] Cairo and NX, forever enemies Paul Hartman
2012-11-05 18:01 ` Helmut Jarausch
2012-11-05 23:42 ` Paul Hartman [this message]
2012-11-14 10:40 ` Helmut Jarausch
2012-11-14 16:38 ` Paul Hartman
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