Re: 2.4.0-test8 timing problems?

[Michel <da...@re...>]

Sven LUTHER wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 02:39:14PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > Robert Ramiega wrote:
> > > Michel is there some way of forcing xf4 to use permedia directly instead
> > > of FBdev (it's tad slow) or we have to wait till PCI stuff will get
> > > there ?
> >
> > Either that or till someone fixes the glint driver. Unfortunately, I won't
> > probably be able to do anything before three weeks from now (vacation in
> > between :). So other takers are highly welcome.
> 
> Michel, what exactly is involved here, ...
> 
> I am doing glint driver work right now anyway, and could get a look at it.
> 
> (but my bvision is not in my apus box right now, i had power supply problems
> and it didn't want to boot).

That's bad, but anyway. The problem is that the glint driver segfaults with
Option "UseFBDev", or at least without PCI support, don't know exactly. There
are probably logs in the user list archive.

I suspect the problem may be in the fbdevhw layer (thanks to someone else
'fixing' something there ;).


Michel


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