Bug#762047: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Black screen with mouse cursor on PowerPC
Sorry for e-mailing on this old bug, but it seemed like the right thing to do, to attach the information about where to go next.
Do you know where I could follow the development work (or lack thereof) on the upstream Mesa r300 big endian problem, to check the status, or to contribute to a solution? Is there a specific defect number? Sorry I just don't know where this work is being done. Any information you can provide to point me in the right direction would be helpful.
Thanks very much.
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On Tue, 9/23/14, Michel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: Bug#762047: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Black screen with mouse cursor on PowerPC
To: "Bill Chatfield" <bill_chatfield@yahoo.com>
Cc: 762047@bugs.debian.org
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 9:17 PM
On 23.09.2014 00:25, Bill
Chatfield wrote:
> If I understand this
correctly, then one of the defects in this
> situation is that the old radeonfb,
nouveaufb, etc fb device drivers
> are
still being compiled into the kernel. This shouldn't
happen if
> they're not really
supported by the rest of the system. I could file
> a bug in that regard, if that is the right
thing to do. There is a
> file that
attempts to blacklist all the old <cardname>fb
drivers, but
> since they are not
loadable modules, this fails.
You'd have to discuss that with the kernel
package maintainers.
> I have determined that the reason why gdm
and gnome will not run is
> because they
require an accelerated driver, which radeonfb does not
> support. So I either have to use radeonfb
with xfce or get the
> radeon/drm to work
so I can run gnome.
Unfortunately, the upsream Mesa r300 driver
currently doesn't work
correctly on big
endian hosts. That would need to be fixed before you
can run gnome-shell.
So I'm afraid there's no obvious
'right thing to do', it's more a 'pick
your poison' kind of situation.
--
Earthling
Michel Dänzer |
http://www.amd.com
Libre
software enthusiast |
Mesa and X developer
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