From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 2 16:10:37 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A29DA5B for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2014 16:10:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost1.greenhost.nl (smarthost1.greenhost.nl [195.190.28.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F13DB3EC for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2014 16:10:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.greenhost.nl ([213.108.104.138]) by smarthost1.greenhost.nl with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1XkxjS-0001co-Ss for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:10:28 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: Update to xf86-video-ati 7.5.0 References: <544E0FC8.8090605@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:10:21 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable From: "Ronald Klop" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <544E0FC8.8090605@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (FreeBSD) X-Authenticated-As-Hash: 398f5522cb258ce43cb679602f8cfe8b62a256d1 X-Virus-Scanned: by clamav at smarthost1.samage.net X-Spam-Level: / X-Spam-Score: -0.2 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1 X-Scan-Signature: dfea3049d3b923820beb462d65569822 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:10:37 -0000 On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:26:32 +0100, Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron = 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