Re: G3 (or other non-altivec machines) testers sought

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

On Jan 14, 2007, at 5:08 PM, Sjoerd Simons wrote:

> Hi,
>
>   Gstreamer currently has a release critical bug that seems to be only
>   reproducable on powerpc machines without altivec support and even  
> then not
>   always. The best hint to what the problem might be seems to  
> indicate there is
>   an issue in the libvisual altivec detection code[0]..

Here's an interesting counterpoint to my previous experiences with an  
OldWorld Beige G3 PowerMac...

I tried installing on a Blue&White G3 NewWorld (just barely! -- it  
was one of the very first of Apple's NewWorld PowerMacs).

It has the G3 processor (no altivec) but the wigglys don't happen!

I installed from the Jan 21, 2007 09:10:17 UTC "businesscard" CD.

I haven't tried the whole testing process that Sjoerd recommended.  I  
will do that soon.

"Curiouser and curioser!", cried Alice.

Rick