Does AIX support the Xrandr extension?

[Ichiroh Takiguchi]

Hello Volker.

I'm not sure, you want to know following information.

User can download libXrandr for AIX via Perzl.org AIX Open Source 
Packages site. [1][2]

I have not used this library, so I don't know the detail.

I checked the contents of libXrandr-devel-1.5.1-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm [3]

$ rpm -qpl libXrandr-devel-1.5.1-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
/opt/freeware/include/X11/extensions/Xrandr.h
/opt/freeware/lib/libXrandr.la
/opt/freeware/lib/pkgconfig/xrandr.pc
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRConfigCurrentConfiguration.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRConfigCurrentRate.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRConfigRates.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRConfigRotations.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRConfigSizes.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRConfigTimes.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRFreeScreenConfigInfo.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRGetScreenInfo.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRQueryExtension.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRQueryVersion.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRRootToScreen.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRSelectInput.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRSetScreenConfig.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/XRRSetScreenConfigAndRate.3
/opt/freeware/man/man3/Xrandr.3
/usr/lib/libXrandr.la
$

[1] http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php
[2] http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.LibXrandr
[3] 
http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libXrandr/libXrandr-devel-1.5.1-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

Thanks,
Ichiroh Takiguchi
IBM Japan, Ltd.


On 2018-11-16 18:17, Volker Simonis wrote:
> Hi AIX experts,
> 
> a recent change ("8210863: Remove Xrandr include files from JDK
> sources" [1]) has removed the Xrander header files which were
> previously checked in in the OpenJDK sources, from there. This means
> that the build now requires the platform version of these header
> files:
> 
> X11/extensions/Xrandr.h
> X11/extensions/randr.h
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, AIX does not support the Xrandr extension
> and I couldn't find the corresponding header files any where (even not
> in the "AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications" [2]).
> 
> I've therefor prepared a change which fixes these issues on AIX (see:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/2d-dev/2018-November/009636.html).
> 
> However, before pushing this fix, I'd like to get a confirmation if
> Xrandr is indeed not supported and not available on AIX. If it is,
> please point me to a place where I can get a package with the
> corresponding header files.
> 
> Thank you and best regards,
> Volker
> 
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210863
> [2] 
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/aix-toolbox/alpha.html