Re: Re: r128 driver, unresolved symbols, XF86 4.0.2-1

[jingai <jingai@floatingpenguins.com>]

> > hah, weird.. the "ati" driver works fine, and it is definitely
> > accelerated.. .but the r128 driver won't load due to the unresolved
> > symbols..
> 
> The former r128 and radeon drivers have been integrated into the ati
> driver, so r128_drv.o is only a submodule of ati_drv.o anymore. The
question is
> why r128_drv.o gets loaded directly in the first place. "r128" and
"radeon"
> in the Device Section should both load the ati driver now. I hope you are
in
> fact using the 4.0.2 XFree86 binary?

Yep:

colour:/home/jingai# X -version

XFree86 Version 4.0.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Release Date: 18 December 2000

And I was specifying "r128" in the Device section before this release,
which worked up until now.  "ati" works fine though, so it's not a huge
deal, but it's obviously a buglet, probably introduced when merging
the two drivers.

Also, I have one more question regarding this release:  I just installed
Debian/sid onto a friend's system, who has an ATI RAGE LT PRO
PCI card, and specifying "ati" in the Device section hangs his machine
hard.  Similar to what had happened to me a few releases back.
Unfortunately, I can't look at the output from X because his kernel
hangs before it can flush the cache to disk.

BTW, I am using the latest BK development tree, and he is using
Paul's stable (2.2.18).  Also, his machine is literally identical to
mine aside from the video board (both of us have a UMAX S900),
although his video board *did* work in my machine some time
back with an older XF4 release (it used to be my card).

Thanks,
Jonathan