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Re: [Dri-devel] Fwd: [E-devel] E/EVAS+DRI
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From: Brian P. <br...@va...> - 2000-12-08 15:58:27
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ra...@ra... wrote: > > ------ Forwarded message ------ > From: "Jeffrey H. Ingber" <jhi...@ix...> > Subject: [E-devel] E/EVAS+DRI > Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 19:00:34 -0500 > To: enl...@li... > > Hello, > > I have a particular (and reproducable) problem using e 16.5 with XF86 > 4.0.1 and DRI. I understand that e 16 is not being actively developed, > but please allow me the time to explain a rather serious problem. I'll > keep this short and to the point: > > The situation is as follows: A system with XFree86 4.0.x, DRI, a > Matrox G400, and E is unable to to properly render OpenGL (especially > GLU apps.) in a desktop window using direct rendering. Indirect > rendering works, and direct rendering works properly in other WM's I > have tested. When a program linked with libGLU (possibly libGL) creates > OGL content in a window, X and the keyboard will become unresponsive, > the mouse is able to move, one can SSH into the system and kill the X > server, but the console never recovers and required a cold reboot. Even > when X is killed, the desktop is still visible on the screen and the > mouse continues to move. This is easily visible with the OGL plug for > XMMS and Evas. Running these programs under E with the above hardware > and X server config **WILL** lock the system. > > This problem makes using items such as Evas **impossible** when > running E with the above configuration. This problem only seems to > manifest itself under E, and **not** under other WM's. I haved posted > this to the DRI mailing list and the common thread seem to be that all > users experiencing this problem run E. I don't know which is the > offending app, but I've tried other avenues, and this is the last one. > > Please see the following: > > http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=116376&group_id=387 > <http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=116376&group_id=387> > http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=121848&group_id=387 > <http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=121848&group_id=387> > > The common thread is that all the users who reported this problem use > E. This has been going on for over a year, and the DRI developers seem > ignorant of the problem, as they are probably not using E. Frankly, I > don't know if this problem is genuinely an e problem, or an E/DRI > problem, but e is playing **some** part in this. Unfortunately, fixing > this on my own is beyond my skill level. > > I am willing to have the appropriate hardware shipped N/C to E > developers if you are willing to at least give this a look. Until there > is some resolution to this, windowed OGL is **impossible** with the > above hardware configuration. I'll buy an NVIDIA card before I ever get > rid of E, but I'd like to hear some imput and thoughts on this subject. > > There is no specific kernel or XF86 config that causes this. Utah-GLX > seems to work properly, though. > > Thanks for your time, > Jeffrey H. Ingber (jhi...@ix... > <mailto:jhi...@ix...>) Please file this in the DRI bug database. -Brian |