problems with pixman-git and KDM [was: Re: persisting problems with xserver-git and KDM]

[Jens Stroebel]

Jens Stroebel wrote:
> 			Hello.
> 
> As mentioned previously, we have a problem here with the combination of:
> 
> xserver-git+xorg-libs-git (which we package together as one "package")
> kde-3.5.7
> qt-3.3.8

While it was less work initially, it probably was "not such a good idea"
to package xserver and ALL libs together, so we changed that... and
found the problem to be in pixman, instead of in the xserver itself.

I closed the bug opened related to the behavior for xserver accordingly.

> I've got the advice to do a git-bisect, but unfortunately, as I don't do
> it in my own time, I've been told that it takes too much time away... so
> I can't do that right now.

As the scope of it changed dramatically with the realization that the
cause is not located in the xserver but in pixman.


I was able to isolate the observed KDM breakage to commit

 e1dd17451cbe2c7d36205fe2fc4cea0092ee4141
( Disable source clipping by default )

I would have opened a bug, but couldn't find pixman in the bug-tracker.
Where should I file this?

Side-note:
As the described behavior seems to be related to something which KDM
does differently than the KDE session as a whole (which works without
showing unusual behavior). Inquiry on the kde-linux mailing list didn't
give an answer about that, unfortunately.

		greets,
		   jens
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