Bug 257417

Summary:	x11-servers/xorg-server: libxaa.so is missing, breaking support for older video hardware
Product:	Ports & Packages	Reporter:	Stefan B. <sblachmann>
Component:	Individual Port(s)	Assignee:	freebsd-x11 (Nobody) <x11>
Status:	Closed Not A Bug
Severity:	Affects Many People	CC:	x11, zeising
Priority:	---	Flags:	jbeich: maintainer-feedback? (x11)
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Stefan B. 2021-07-25 18:33:27 UTC

For some reason, the libxaa.so library is missing in the xorg-server package.

This breaks some older video card drivers.
The s3 driver is an example.
It does not support the AccelMethod option, instead seems to be hard-coded to use the XAA method.

The libxaa.so driver must have been removed from the xorg-server package some time since 2014, as you can see in this post: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195810#c3

Could the libxaa.so driver please be put back into the xorg-server package?

Comment 1 Niclas Zeising freebsd_committer

2021-07-26 08:18:34 UTC

XAA was removed upstream in 2012, see the git commit upstream here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/e191e296e6e7861978ea4a0ae9aa7b780e52732b

There is not much we can do, as it is not part of the distribution any more.

If you have an issue with a specific driver, please check if there's a fix upstream that can be imported, and create a new PR for that driver.
Thanks!