> 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.
This is the log file, search for [Ss][Ii][Ss] Could you tell me what to test with specific commands? >>> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected]: X.Org development > Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel > Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
