Bug#236187: xserver-xfree86: [r128] GL lockups
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:55:35PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Some clarfications:
>
> _dri.so objects don't get loaded into the X server; they are dlopened()
> by the Mesa library.
>
> You'll also notice they're not installed to the same place as XFree86
> X server modules.
>
> They're also named ".so", whereas XFree86 X server modules are named ".a" or
> ".o".
>
> Contrast:
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/debug/r128_dri.so
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/r128_dri.so
>
> with:
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o
>
> If you were to argue that these paths could be laid out so as to make the
> distinction more easily apprehended, I would probably agree.
OK, so that's probably not it. I haven't seen it since I upgraded
Mesa and the DRI modules, but I've also been sitting at my desk and not
letting that evil screensaver get any cycles, so I'll follow up
tomorrow.
I'm a little disturbed at the stability of the DRI code if it does turn
out to be fixed, since that means any user with access to my display
can wedge graphics and physical console until reboot. But I already
knew DRI was flaky :)
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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