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Re: Upgrade Xorg in testing with driver ATI proprietary : segment fault in xorg.



Hi again Xavier,

(I'm Ccing the list since I don't want to repeat myself next time
someone asks about that stupid driver.)

Xavier Manach <xav@tekio.org> (22/05/2012):
>   I understand that proprietary driver don't interresting you.
> It's sad because It's worked there is 5 days and lastest change in
> xorg package broke it.

What is sad is:
 (1) it's proprietary
 (2) it's not keeping up with X development
 (3) (1) means we can't help them fix (2)

>   How can I get simply older version of packages ?

Downgrade xserver-xorg-core to 1.11 (you can find it on
snapshot.debiban.org), it's built from the xorg-server package. You'll
need drivers compatible with this version, too.

>   Have you some documentation for
>  - get all xorg packages from git (or other).
>  - get all xorg sources packages from git (or other) and build package
> and test it ?

The problem isn't X. The problem is that fglrx hasn't been updated to
work with X 1.12; so newer snapshots from git won't help at all.

> I will try to found the change that cause this segfault.

That's called video ABI changes.

>   Can you give me an advise about package I should try first ?
> Something that changed in the version commited the last days that can
> cause a segfault...

Use radeon in the meanwhile, removing all traces of fglrx from your
system, problem solved (a reboot is probably needed to make the removal
effective).

Mraw,
KiBi.

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