retitle 262183 xserver-xfree86: [core server] BusID argument mandatory for PCI display adapters on Alpha boxen [regression from 4.2.1] tag 262183 = help upstream thanks On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 05:26:20PM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > Hi all, > > From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> > Subject: Bug#262183: xserver-xfree86: [s3] can't find PCI card on Alpha [regression from 4.2.1] > Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:54:52 -0500 > > > Apparently the PCI code for alpha is messed up such that you have to > > specify the BusID explicitly for the video card. > > > > This parameter is in decimal, not hex (though it doesn't matter if the hex > > value is less than A). > > > > You can set the BusID by using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. > > Yes, it worked. Thanks for all of you! > > Sorry for late reply but a mail server of our univ. got trouble around > 28th Mar. and they changed mail system rather drastically so I have > trouble to get emails recently. > > The problem is not yet cleanly solved but now I can get emails with most > of my machines (except one machine, perhaps). Thanks for following up! Your info does indeed change my diagnosis of the problem. I doubt this bug is s3-specific. I now very much suspect my hypothesis above (busted PCI bus code on alpha) is the correct one, or at least nearer the mark. -- G. Branden Robinson | "Religion is nonsense." Debian GNU/Linux | "It's also a gold mine -- branden@debian.org | if you know where to dig." http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- _Shine_
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