[Linux-ia64] Re: [Xpert]XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards

Marc Aurele La France
2001-07-26T20:39:30Z

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.

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