Xlib: extension "XFree86-Misc" missing on display ":0.0"

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 15 14:18:11 PDT 2010


  I have
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-16.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-server-common-1.8.2-3.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.8.2-3.fc13.i686
installed.
When I

$ xset r rate 500 30
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-Misc" missing on display ":0.0".

Here is my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
     Identifier     "X.org Configured"
     Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
     InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
     InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
     ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
     FontPath     "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d"
     FontPath     "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
     Load  "record"
     Load  "extmod"
     Load  "dri2"
     Load  "dbe"
     Load  "glx"
     Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     Identifier    "Keyboard0"
     Driver        "kbd"
     Option "Protocol" "Standard"
     Option "XkbLayout" "us"
     Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     Identifier  "Mouse0"
     Driver      "mouse"
     Option        "Protocol" "auto"
     Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
     Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
     Identifier   "Monitor0"
     VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
     ModelName    "Monitor Model"
     HorizSync    24.0 - 85.0
     VertRefresh  48.0 - 76.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
     Identifier  "Card0"
     Driver      "radeon"
     VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
     BoardName   "RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"
     BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
     Identifier "Screen0"
     Device     "Card0"
     Monitor    "Monitor0"
     SubSection "Display"
         Viewport   0 0
         Depth     1
     EndSubSection
     SubSection "Display"
         Viewport   0 0
         Depth     4
     EndSubSection
     SubSection "Display"
         Viewport   0 0
         Depth     8
     EndSubSection
     SubSection "Display"
         Viewport   0 0
         Depth     15
     EndSubSection
     SubSection "Display"
         Viewport   0 0
         Depth     16
     EndSubSection
     SubSection "Display"
         Viewport   0 0
         Depth     24
     EndSubSection
EndSection


So, what do I need to add to my xorg.conf to make xset not belch out 
this error?

I also saw that this very bug was filed in 2005:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2258

but apparently the patch submitted went nowhere?




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