On 06/05/13 11:22 PM, Pander wrote: > > Alan Coopersmith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 05/ 6/13 06:22 PM, Connor Behan wrote: >>> Maybe you'll find someone who >>> has a SiS card lying around and say "I'll pay you $100 to put that >> card >>> in your computer, write an xorg.conf file for it, figure out why it >>> won't start and then change 2 or 3 lines to make it start again" but >> it >>> won't be worth it. >> Especially when you can buy 2 or 3 new ATI or Nvidia cards for that >> $100 >> and get much better performance & support than trying to make an old >> card >> limp along forever. >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%204025&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20 >> > Well, it is an integrated card in my laptop. Because Linux is so resource > friendly it is still working fine for its age and I rather donate a small > amount than to start selecting and purchasing a new one yet. > You won't even have to donate a small amount if you post the logs already. I really should wait to read them but I will hazard a guess about what the bug is anyway: EXA callbacks that use the devPrivate.ptr of a pixmap. Try disabling EXA. >> The lack of maintainers for many old cards is in large part because the >> cost of a new card with a well-maintained driver is less than people >> think >> their time is worth for the many hours it takes to bring the old >> drivers up >> to snuff and test on all the different models.
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