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Jacek Poplawski

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xf86-video-ati from [testing]

Have you tried X11 packages from [testing]?
I just made an upgrade.
Now glxgears display only empty window.
The same with neverball.
They not crash, just don't render anything.
Before I report a bug to Mesa/DRI - is anyone using these packages from [testing]? Are they OK?

Jacek Poplawski

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

I installed same packages on desktop with intel card and everything (including Beryl) works smoothly.
So there is a bug in driver or xf86-video-ati package is broken.

Jacek Poplawski

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/7590

Jacek Poplawski

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

Solved (see bug).

PS. Nice to talk with myself

zodmaner

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

PS. Nice to talk with myself

Well, thanks for finding and fixing this bug. I'm also use ATi card and it's very nice to see this bug fixed.

Last edited by zodmaner (2007-07-27 12:42:32)

veek

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

PS. Nice to talk with myself

Well, thanks for finding and fixing this bug. I'm also use ATi card and it's very nice to see this bug fixed.

Yeah, thanks Jacek, I was away from this computer for a while and I came back and everything was fine except glx.

For the record, the bug is not fixed yet, but a solution is posted in FLYSPRAY. I'm sure it will be fixed soon, but in the meantime
people can download the PKGBUILD from CVS, remove the OPT_FLAGS line, and make and install the package.

Jacek Poplawski

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

I described how to fix it, I can't change package, until someone will give me right to do so in the future. I think it will be better if package maintainer will use Radeon

cromo

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

What's more surprising is that this package had the same issue in the past and for some reason it's been introduced again. There should be a way to leave the notes by a maintainter at particular package's cvs for other maintainers to prevent them from introducing the same issues again.

stylopath

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

Which version of the ATI/Radeon -Opensource- Driver is currently in Pacman ?
X.org says that in Version 7.1.1 the Xpress200m chipsets are supported with 3d
That would bring me closer to the point where i don't need any proprietary drivers.

regards

bartman

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

$ pacman -Ss xf86-video-ati
current/xf86-video-ati 6.6.3-3 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org ati video driver

I'm new here, hi!

I've tried using the X server and all dependencies from testing (currently with Xorg 1.3.0.0) but the ati open source driver 6.6.129 (I think) wouldn't work so I used the one from current (see above quote). On my FireGL V5000 (just a fancy Mobility Radeon X700 or M26) 3D works with these drivers!

lumiwa

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

I have Radeon 9000 and there are problem with opensource drivers from testing: it works but when you closed (logout) from KDE computer freeze and just reset button help. I think that is a problem with the drivers not Arch.

Jacek Poplawski

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

Maybe I will create "development version" of xf86-video-ati in the AUR so you could try newest one? The on in [testing] is from Mesa 7.0, the one in [current] is much older.

lumiwa

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

Maybe I will create "development version" of xf86-video-ati in the AUR so you could try newest one? The on in [testing] is from Mesa 7.0, the one in [current] is much older.

I use a version from the current and works good but version from testing has a problem. I asked once in xorg mailing list and I got a message that this version is a "buggy".

Jacek Poplawski

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

Lumiwa could you give an URL to your xorg discussion?

lumiwa

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Re: xf86-video-ati from [testing]

Lumiwa could you give an URL to your xorg discussion?

It was question in mailing list and I got two answers. It was about "buggy" drivers and solution was that I need to disable dri which really help but I want i to be "dri" enabled.
I forgot when and I deleted emails.