#742510 xserver-xorg-video-cirrus: fails rendering xdm login fonts

Package:
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
Source:
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
Description:
X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver
Submitter:
Gabriele Giacone
Date:
2024-08-27 15:51:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#742510#5
Date:
2014-03-24 16:13:30 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

to reproduce install a jessie/sid qemu VM with Cirrus video card.

On VM:
# apt-get install xdm
# echo /usr/bin/xdm >/etc/X11/default-display-manager
# /etc/init.d/xdm restart

Username one types in will not be displayed and once pressed enter
greeting and prompt fonts will not be displayed as well.

# apt-get install devscripts
# debsnap -v -d. --binary -a amd64 xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 1:1.4.0-2
# dpkg -i --force-depends xserver-xorg-video-cirrus_1.4.0-2_amd64.deb
# /etc/init.d/xdm restart

Downgrading to 1.4.0-2, fonts are displayed well.
Another workaround is switching to standard VGA card.
#742510#10
Date:
2014-03-26 00:34:50 UTC
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|_built_on_|___version___|_fonts_rendering_|
|   sid    |   1.4.0 (*) |     > BUG <     |
|   sid    |   1.5.2     |     > BUG <     |
|  wheezy  |   1.4.0     |       OK        |
|__wheezy__|___1.5.2_____|_______OK________|

(*) backported few patches to make it build
#742510#15
Date:
2014-03-26 00:45:56 UTC
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Plus, by mousing over where characters should be, they appear.
#742510#24
Date:
2024-08-27 15:46:42 UTC
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The issue was moved by upstream and thus erroneously tagged fixed-upstream.