Re: Xorg/ATI fixed with Linux 2.6.23 (sparc64)

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hi,

ludo@chbouib.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> After upgrading my Ultra 5 to `linux-image-2.6.22-1-sparc64', I noticed
> that Xorg (ATI driver) would fail to run:
>
>   X Window System Version 1.3.0
>   Release Date: 19 April 2007
>   X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
>   Build Operating System: Linux Debian
>   Current Operating System: Linux sabre 2.6.22-1-sparc64 #1 Tue Jul 24 06:42:28 UTC 2007 sparc64
>   Build Date: 14 July 2007
>           Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>           to make sure that you have the latest version.
>
>   [...]
>
>   (II) Module atimisc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>           compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 6.6.3
>           Module class: X.Org Video Driver
>           ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
>   (WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION**** b: 0xe1000000 e: 0xe1ffffff correcting^G
>
>   [...]
>
>   (==) ATI(0): Chipset:  "ati".
>   (**) ATI(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
>   (==) ATI(0): Using XAA acceleration architecture
>
>   Fatal server error:
>   xf86MapPciMem: Could not mmap PCI memory [base=0x100000,hostbase=0x100000,size=2000] (Invalid argument)

Maybe it's not news to you, but the failure reported in this (old)
thread regarding Xorg/ATI + Linux 2.6.22 has been fixed with the
2.6.23-1 `linux-image' package.

Thanks!

Ludovic.