libsdl1.2 packages for Debian with XRandR support

If you are a user of a package which is based upon libsdl and you have an graphic driver, which supports XRandR, you probably noticed, that this is currently not supported in Debian.

I found that annoying and therefore prepared packages, which support XRandR and - what is more - have it activated on default (which differs even from the upstream sources). The reason given why it isn't activated on default is, that there are problems with KDE, but I as an KDE user wasn't able to reproduce them (with Debian testing), so I'll guess, they are no longer present (but don't complain if they are still present for you, you've been warned!).

• I've only done the build for the i386 platform. If you should need packages for another platform, please download the *.dsc, *.orig.tar.gz and *.diff.gz files (dget simplifies this) and build the packages yourself. (pbuilder, dpkg-buildpackage, etc.).
• Check which of the packages listed below you've installed and download the appropriate files.
• Update your installation (the packages below are built against the latest versions in testing).
• The packages must be installed with »dpkg -i« as root
• If you should encounter problems with XRandR, just deactivate it by exporting SDL_VIDEO_X11_XRANDR=0 or deinstall this version of the package.
• For further assistance write to debian@carbon-project.org
• If you do not trust me (which is a good idea if you don't know me), make the appropriate changes to source code yourself:
  • Download the source package from Debian unstable.
  • Open »src/video/x11/SDL_x11modes.c« in the unpacked source package.
  • Go to line 396 and comment the if statement out.
  • Save that file and open »debian/control«.
  • Add »libxrandr-dev« to the Build-Depends and save.
  • Build the new source package (you might want to add a new changelog entry (debian/changelog)).
  Now you can build the binaries yourself.
  These instructions are manily there to allow you to compare my modified versions to the unmodified version at p.qa.d.o, so you can be sure, I don't sneak any code in to compromise your system.

  Please note, that the packages below were updated and now contain two additional bug fixes; see libsdl1.2_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.changes for details.

• It seems like the patch doesn't work for all systems out there. Should you be affected by this and ask me for help, please do the following:
  • Your e-mail should contain the build log and - if you've compiled a self-modified version - the control file and »SDL_x11modes.c«.
  • Download this test program and compile it with
    $ gcc --std=c99 -o sdl_fs_test -lX11 -lXrandr -lSDL -Wl,--as-needed sdl_fs_test.c
    (You need libx11-dev, libxrandr-dev and libsdl1.2-dev installed.)
  • Run the test program and direct the output to a file. Then attach that file to your e-mail too (please check the output for additional instructions).

• libsdl1.2debian-esd_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.deb
• libsdl1.2debian-alsa_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.deb
• libsdl1.2_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.changes
• libsdl1.2debian-oss_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.deb
• libsdl1.2-dev_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.deb
• libsdl1.2debian-all_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.deb
• libsdl1.2debian-nas_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.deb
• libsdl1.2debian_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.deb
• libsdl1.2_1.2.13-4+nmu2.diff.gz
• libsdl1.2debian-arts_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.deb
• libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.deb
• libsdl1.2_1.2.13-4+nmu2.dsc
• libsdl1.2debian-udeb_1.2.13-4+nmu2_i386.udeb
• libsdl1.2_1.2.13.orig.tar.gz