On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Jarno Mikael Niemel� wrote: >Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 17:32:22 +0200 (EET) >From: Jarno Mikael Niemel� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Kevin Brosius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >List-Id: General X Discussion <xpert.XFree86.Org> >Subject: Re: Anyone got ATI Radeon 7500 working on XFree 4.10? > >> I'm no expert on the bitmap module, and haven't seen anything like this >> before... >> >> You didn't happen to 'strip' the modules, did you? That would be bad. > >What means 'strip' modules? I just checked out the sources from CVS, >skipped the Broken Savage with #define XFree86Cards ati nv >and compiled with make World. > >I've tried both installing on top of Redhat XF 4.10 with make install >and by removing the /usr/X11R6 and then doing make install. > >Or is there something else I should do. > >When I figured out that the libbitmap.a was causing problems, I copied it >from backups (Redhat XF 4.10), and then startx complained about libpci. >So theres something wrong with several libraries. > >Is there any way I could replace only the ATI drivers, since in couple >days I have to decide whether to keep the card or return it to shop :(
You should never ever just move the /usr/X11R6 directory out of the way and replace it. A lot of other software places files under this heirarchy, and will magically disappear if you move the dir. The problem you are encountering, is the XFree86 module loader cannot handle the new ELF sections produced by gcc's merge-constants optimization. Until the module loader is enhanced to grok this, you must build XFree86 modules with -fno-merge-constants Since this has been turning up a bit more frequently lately I have put a comment at the very top of the XFree86 specfile which fully explains this, and what to do to workaround the issue temporarily. This is in XFree86-4.1.0-5 and can be downloaded from ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/testing/bleeding-edge Hope this helps. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. Phone: (705)949-2136 http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] General open IRC discussion: #xfree86 on irc.openprojects.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
