Bug#345758: No direct rendering with recent kernels (workaround)
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 16:16 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 10:42 +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> > Can you please add the workaround described below to the DRM problems
> > with kernels 2.6.14+15 to next release of Xorg. Obviously the kernel
> > module patch will not be included until kernel 2.6.16.
> >
> > For direct rendering with MGA graphics cards use the following option in
> > the Device section of xorg.conf:
> > Option "OldDmaInit" "true"
>
> Someone should fix the mga X driver to fall back to the old DMA init
> method if the new one fails.
Why not making a patch of the kernel module for kernels 2.6.14 and 2.6.15?
The problem has obviously been solved in November last year, see
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4797
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Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com>
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