Bug#414031: google-earth doesn't work with current version of xserver-xorg-video-i810
tags 414031 + fixed-upstream
thanks
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 12:29:41PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:15 +0100, Hermann Kraus wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:39:51 +0100, Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > We should keep it open for now as it might be a genuine bug in
> > > xserver-xorg-video-i810. Can you try rebuilding it with the attached
> > > patch to see if that helps with the new kernel? Please try both versions
> > > of libgl1-mesa-dri, as I suspect this might fix the old version but
> > > regress the new one, requiring another fix for the latter.
> >
> > You are right. This works with the old lib but not with new one. However
> > it depends on the kernel version again:
> >
> > Kernel 2.6.19:
> > -old lib: works
> > -new lib: works but prints this error message:
> > -----
> > do_wait: drmWaitVBlank returned -1, IRQs don't seem to be working
> > correctly.
> > Try running with LIBGL_THROTTLE_REFRESH and LIBL_SYNC_REFRESH unset.
> > -----
> >
> > Kernel 2.6.20:
> > -old lib: works
> > -new lib: fails (error message + unusable slow)
>
> Where's the difference between kernel versions? :)
>
> Anyway, since the current upstream versions don't exhibit this problem
> together and fixing xf86-video-intel for old Mesa would break current
> Mesa, I don't intend to do anything about this upstream.
>
> Also, since no version of Debian ships the problematic combination of
> kernel, xf86-video-intel and Mesa, I'm not sure it's even worth doing
> anything about it in Debian packages. XSF, what do you think?
I agree with you on this one. We'll have to remember to close this bug when
we get the next upstream release in to the archive.
- David Nusinow
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