From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Aurele La France Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:39:30 +0000 Subject: [Linux-ia64] Re: [Xpert]XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Branden Robinson wrote: > Here's a report on some hardware testing we've been doing at Progeny: > The tests were conducted using a patched version of 4.1.0 for Debian and > Progeny that works around a problem with PIC symbols being absent in static > libraries, which powerpc, ia64, and hppa (among possible others) do not > tolerate. At the same time, PIC symbols in X server modules cause the X > server to segfault. I'll be submitting this patch to XFree86 shortly. > The tests were run on an HP Workstation i2000. > 5) ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP > The server crashed on startup with a SIGILL; a log file is > attached. I presume the atimisc driver has not yet been ported to > ia64. Err. The ATI driver was one of the ones used to do the port. No attachment present. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: tsi@ualberta.ca | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals.