A big Thank you for xserver-xorg-video-mach64, version 6.9.5-1

2015-07-15 Thread Stephen Powell
with multiple overlapping windows, there are no more rendering problems. Isn't it nice when things just work? Thanks again for all your efforts. I am very happy! Please pass along my good pleasure to the appropriate upstream personnel as well. Regards, -- .''`. Stephen Powellzlinux

Bug#787144: MACH64(0): Cannot read int vect

2015-07-13 Thread Stephen Powell
int vect Do you suppose that any non-KMS-based driver will have the same problem? Installing the 2:1.17.2-1 version of xserver-xorg-core (and xserver-common) fixed the problem for me as well. Please CC me if you reply, as I am not subscribed to this bug report. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Bug#726585: Chipset ATI Rage XL PCI [1002:4752] fails during initialization with MACH64 driver

2014-07-13 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 08:37:01 -0400 (EDT), Julien Cristau wrote: On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 11:23:38 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: I have had to go back to using Option ExaNoComposite true in the xorg.conf file. Although the patch you provided does prevent a crash during initialization

Bug#726585: Chipset ATI Rage XL PCI [1002:4752] fails during initialization with MACH64 driver

2014-03-01 Thread Stephen Powell
with Ctrl+Alt+F1, then switching back to the graphical console with Alt+F7; but after doing this a number of times, the X server usually crashes. Clearly there are other rendering problems with EXA not fixed by the patch. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Bug#726585: Chipset ATI Rage XL PCI [1002:4752] fails during initialization with MACH64 driver

2013-10-20 Thread Stephen Powell
, the driver works fine if the above patch is applied! -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Bug#726585: Chipset ATI Rage XL PCI [1002:4752] fails during initialization with MACH64 driver

2013-10-19 Thread Stephen Powell
I have discovered that this bug can be circumvented by using the following option in the Device section of the xorg.conf file: Option ExaNoComposite true -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Bug#726585: Chipset ATI Rage XL PCI [1002:4752] fails during initialization with MACH64 driver

2013-10-16 Thread Stephen Powell
]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Rage XL PCI [1002:4752] (rev 27) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Bug#596700: The X server does not deallocate its vt upon shutdown. Restarting the X server results in the use of a higher-numbered vt.

2010-09-13 Thread Stephen Powell
. console-kit-daemon is apparently not used in his environment. It is apparently not specific to the nv driver either. I have seen these symptoms in the GNOME environment using the intel driver as well. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#589452: nouveau driver doesn't work with interlaced video modes

2010-07-17 Thread Stephen Powell
. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/338371527.61457.1279401503604.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com

Re: [RFC] removing xserver-xorg-video-nv from squeeze

2010-07-17 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:31:56 -0400 (EDT), Cyril Brulebois wrote: Care to share a reference to the bug you reported? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=589452 -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ

Re: [RFC] removing xserver-xorg-video-nv from squeeze

2010-07-14 Thread Stephen Powell
will be forth-coming. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2044848160.193276.1279129700306.javamail.r

Re: [RFC] removing xserver-xorg-video-nv from squeeze

2010-07-13 Thread Stephen Powell
a bug report. Otherwise, it's a waste of time. Stephen Powell wrote: The intel driver supports both KMS and UMS. Cyril Brulebois wrote: That's no longer correct. http://ikibiki.org/blog/2010/07/04/We_need_you_redux/ Ben Hutchings wrote: Not any more. As of xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1

Re: [RFC] removing xserver-xorg-video-nv from squeeze

2010-07-12 Thread Stephen Powell
still use nv. That's the *only* reason that I still use nv. There is no bug number here because I'm sure that upstream would consider this a feature and not a bug. In other words, they would consider operation of the driver with KMS off an enhancement request. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Re: [RFC] removing xserver-xorg-video-nv from squeeze

2010-07-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:24:56 -0400 (EDT), Sven Joachim wrote: On 2010-07-12 21:09 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote: If nouveau set KMS by default, as the intel driver does, but did not *require* KMS, I would agree. But the last time I checked, using the nouveau driver *forces* KMS. I don't like

Bug#484516: X does not restore video mode properly when switching to a virtual console or terminating

2008-06-21 Thread Stephen Powell
Goglin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#484516: X does not restore video mode properly when switching to a virtual console or terminating To: Stephen Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 2:02 AM Stephen Powell wrote: Package: xserver-xorg-core Version

Bug#484516: X does not restore video mode properly when switching to a virtual console or terminating

2008-06-04 Thread Stephen Powell
Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.1.1-21etch4 X does not restore the video mode properly when switching to a virtual console or terminating. To reproduce this problem, start the X server. Switch to a virtual console via Ctrl+Alt+Fn, where n = 1 to 6. Now change the text video mode using