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xserver-xorg-video-geode package

  1. Bug #140051
  2. Comment #20

Comment 20 for bug 140051

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Jordan Crouse (jordan-crouse) wrote : Re: Ubuntu bug report for AMD driver

On 11/11/07 13:36 +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> On 11/5/07, Jordan Crouse <email address hidden> wrote:
> > On 17/09/07 14:43 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > > Greetings everyone,
> > >
> > > Can anyone reproduce the following bug?
> > >
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-amd/+bug/140051
> >
> > Patch is attached - just a trivial re-arranging of the first few
> > commands in PreInit.
> >
> > [LX] Re-arrange PreInit to avoid segfaults in Xorg -configure
> >
> > Re-arrange the early part of PreInit so that Xorg -configure can run
> > cleanly.
>
> I patched and repacked:
> http://q-funk.iki.fi/debian/pool/x/xserver-xorg-video-amd/
>
> I tested this with a ThinCan (http://www.thincan.com) running on a
> Geode LX and while -configure doesn't crash, detection of the best
> available resolution and color depth still fails. We end up in what
> appears to be 640x480 @ 4 bit.

That would be really unfortunate, because we don't support 4 bit in the
AMD driver. Logs would be useful here.

Jordan