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Bug#179789: Problem with X 4.2.1-5 and Radeons



On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 05:51:42PM +0200, Dimitar Kavlakov wrote:
> Quite starnge... I never worked with the bug report tool before and
> tought that the description of the problem it asks for is supposed to be
> part of the bug report (actualy why is it needed?). I'll have in mind to
> describe problems manualy when sending bug reports in the future :} 

The computer is not always able to automatically discern the nature of
your complaint.  In fact, in most cases it isn't.  Strong AI is still a
few years away.  :)

> > Ordinarily, I would close this bug and ask you to try again, but this
> > time I'll take a guess:
> > 
> > 3D acceleration isn't working for you, right?
> 
> It can be described so, but the exact way it's not working is something
> i have never seen before. Programs start and work normaly, have sound,
> interact with keyboard and mouse, but instead of normal graphic output
> there is just a single colored screen/window. In most cases it is black,
> but in Tux Racer and Chromium it was blue (turning red in Chromium when
> actual game takes place). The only difrence was Vega Strike where text
> messages and main crosshair are visible on black background.
> I tested the problem on several machines (k6-2+/550,ALI
> Alladin,1024RAM,Radeon 7200QD/32M; Duron/750,VIA,350RAM
> ,Radeon 7500VE/32M and T-Bird/1.2,AMD-761,512RAM/Radeon 7500VE/64M). All
> of thwm have different Unstable instalations (altrough package
> sellection is similar). All of them worked nice before upgrading X to
> 4.2.1-5 and after downgrating it to 4.2.1-4. Also one of those
> instalations is used sometimes on another PC - P4/1.6 with GeForce 4.
> The upgraded version that has problems with Radeon works nice with
> nVidia drivers there. In several days i can be able to test if it works
> on Voodoo 3.
> I suppose data in the report can be insuficent to figure what is the
> priblem. Please tell me if there is something else that can help.

Can you browse the following URLs and let me know if this sounds like
substantially the same problem?

http://bugs.debian.org/178242
http://bugs.debian.org/179263

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