--- xorg-server-1.5.99.901/exa/exa_glyphs.c.ark	2009-01-13 14:09:56.848092885 +0000
+++ xorg-server-1.5.99.901/exa/exa_glyphs.c	2009-01-13 14:12:01.512443686 +0000
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ exaUnrealizeGlyphCaches(ScreenPtr    pSc
     }
 }
 
+#define NeedsComponent(f) (PICT_FORMAT_A(f) != 0 && PICT_FORMAT_RGB(f) != 0)
+
 /* All caches for a single format share a single pixmap for glyph storage,
  * allowing mixing glyphs of different sizes without paying a penalty
  * for switching between source pixmaps. (Note that for a size of font
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ exaRealizeGlyphCaches(ScreenPtr    pScre
     PictFormatPtr pPictFormat;
     PixmapPtr pPixmap;
     PicturePtr pPicture;
+    CARD32 component_alpha;
     int height;
     int i;
     int	error;
@@ -191,8 +194,10 @@ exaRealizeGlyphCaches(ScreenPtr    pScre
     if (!pPixmap)
 	return FALSE;
 
+    component_alpha = NeedsComponent(pPictFormat->format);
     pPicture = CreatePicture(0, &pPixmap->drawable, pPictFormat,
-			     0, 0, serverClient, &error);
+			     CPComponentAlpha, &component_alpha, serverClient,
+			     &error);
 
     (*pScreen->DestroyPixmap) (pPixmap); /* picture holds a refcount */
 
@@ -741,8 +746,6 @@ exaGlyphsIntersect(int nlist, GlyphListP
     return FALSE;
 }
 
-#define NeedsComponent(f) (PICT_FORMAT_A(f) != 0 && PICT_FORMAT_RGB(f) != 0)
-
 void
 exaGlyphs (CARD8 	 op,
 	   PicturePtr	 pSrc,