Bug#384944: xserver-xorg: Can't enable EXA

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 08:18 +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.0.23
> Severity: normal
> 
> I totally fail to enable EXA. I've tried
> Option "AccelMethod" "EXA",
> Option "AccelMethod" "exa",
> with or without AGP stuff,
> with or without the composite extension,
> 
> I *always* get the XAA method loaded, as stated by the Xorg.0.log.

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> Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
> ii  debconf                      1.5.3       Debian configuration management sy
> ii  x11-common                   1:7.0.23    X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
> ii  xbase-clients                1:7.1.ds-3  miscellaneous X clients
> ii  xkb-data                     0.8-7       X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
> ii  xserver-xorg-core            2:1.0.2-10  X.Org X server -- core server
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-evdev [xs 1:1.1.2-1   X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd [xser 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse [xs 1:1.0.4-3   X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-ati [xser 1:6.6.0-1   X.Org X server -- ATI display driv

Where did you get this version of xserver-xorg-video-ati from? Looks
like it was never in the archive. There's an upstream incompatibility
between the 6.6.x releases (intended for xorg-server 1.1 from X.Org 7.1)
and the version of EXA in xorg-server 1.0, so EXA was probably disabled
at build time. It should be enabled in the versions of
xserver-xorg-video-ati currently in testing, sid and experimental
though.


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