Bug#262183: xserver-xfree86: [core server] BusID argument mandatory for PCI display adapters on Alpha boxen [regression from 4.2.1]

[Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>]

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:15:49 +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:

> Hi,

Hi all,

> More than 2 years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding
> the X server not finding your PCI board anymore on your Alpha machine.
> After some kernel upgrade problems, it was concluded that XFree86 4.3
> required a BusID option to find the board on alpha. Did you guys
> reproduce the same problem with recent X servers? If not, I will close
> the bug in the next weeks.

The problem was once fixed definitely but there is another
(much more critical) bug on X server, 
cf. http://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2006/06/msg00004.html
so now I have not run X recently on alpha machine.

I can't say anything more than this, sorry.

Best regards,			     2007-1-8(Mon)

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 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda AT debian.org>
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