[Dri-users] G400 lockups gone now?

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After installing the 2.4.0-test9 Linux kernel and some recent experimental
Debian packages for XFree86 4.0.1 (based on the XFree86 CVS snapshot from
Thu Sep 28 22:24:18 UTC 2000, so I think it's quite up to date even with
regards to DRI) I'm happy to say that the problems I've been having with the
X server locking up hard seem to have gone away, or at the very least they
have become *much* rarer. I had no problems running the Soldier of Fortune
demo, and that one used to hang before even getting to the main menu screen.

There are still problems, mind you. Some of the games I've tried crash when
I try to change resolution (editing the config file by hand worked, though),
some produce lots of error messages without crashing, and the "lament"
screensaver is going at software rendering speed when doing anything more
elaborate than the simple spinning cube. I'll see if I can come up with some
proper bug reports later.

In addition, the graphics glitches I was seeing with some programs (xsnow
and WindowMaker), but only when DRI was enabled, have disappeared. All in
all, it's gone from pretty dangerous to just pretty.

Are there any other Matrox G400 users with similar experiences, or am I just
lucky?

Torbjörn Andersson