Comment 7 for bug 104262

Ahh, that is good to know.
I wonder what has changed...

Thank you,
Patrick

On 4/20/07, Richard <<email address hidden> > wrote:
>
> I found a workaround although it isn't a particularly pretty one.
>
> I downloaded the edgy libxrandr2 package from here:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/libs/libxrandr2 and opened it with the
> archive manager. Extracted the data.tar.gz files and put it in a folder
> in my home directory. I then wrote a simple bash script:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/aandr/oldlibs/usr/lib mythfrontend
>
> /home/aandr/oldlibs/usr/lib being the directory where the libXrandr.so.2
> and libXrandr.so.2.0.0 files are located.
>
> It seems to work without issues (at least I haven't encountered any).
> Granted, it isn't a perfect (or permanent) solution but I didn't have a
> chance to see what was changed from the edgy version of libXrandr to the
> one in feisty. It seems like it should work with ati video cards as
> well.
>
> At least I can use it for now. I hope this helps.
>
> Richard
>
> --
> [apport] mythfrontend.real crashed with SIGSEGV in XRRGetScreenInfo()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104262
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