Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:10:21 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-lists@klop.ws> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: Update to xf86-video-ati 7.5.0 Message-ID: <op.xopgjjokkndu52@82-171-231-144.ip.telfort.nl> In-Reply-To: <544E0FC8.8090605@FreeBSD.org> References: <544E0FC8.8090605@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:26:32 +0100, Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron = <dumbbell@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi! > > Before updating xf86-video-ati to 7.5.0, we would like some people to > try it out. The reason is that 7.4.0 was crashing for several users, s= o > we want to be sure it's fixed in 7.5.0. > > Here's patch: > https://people.freebsd.org/~dumbbell/graphics/ports-xf86-video-ati-7.5= .0.patch > > To apply it: > cd /usr/ports > patch -p1 < /path/to/ports-xf86-video-ati-7.5.0.patch > > Then update x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati with your method of choice. > > What we're especially looking for is report of successful or failed > startup of the X server. With 7.4.0, the server would crash during > startup. But with 7.5.0, none of us could reproduce the problem. > > When you're finished, you may restore your vanilla ports tree: > cd /usr/ports > patch -p1 -R < /path/to/ports-xf86-video-ati-7.5.0.patch > find x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati -name "*.orig" -delete > > Thank you for your help! > Works ok here. FreeBSD 10-STABLE/amd64 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT RV630
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