Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:12:45 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Peter Much <pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org, flz@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: x11-drivers/xf86-video-mga: current issues Message-ID: <20080118082940.M24541@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20080118045934.GA35739@gate.oper.dinoex.org> References: <20080118045934.GA35739@gate.oper.dinoex.org>
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On Fri, 17 Jan 2008, Peter Much wrote: > So, while the matters concerning ports/117726 (which looks to me > concerning more or less the question if one is willing to use xrandr) > seem to be widely discussed, the other problem (ports/116851, i.e. > the card not reading BIOS information), seems now to be in the status > "closed unsolved", and no one seems to care about anymore.(?!) The bug with xorg not reading the MGA video BIOS is an old X bug. The next port version of xorg on FreeBSD should use libpciaccess, which will make that hack unnecessary. Leaving 116851 open would be a bit misleading, since it's not a FreeBSD bug. > 4. As there seems to exist the opinion that this problem belongs > to Xorg maintainers (and as I have the strong opinion that before > creating fixes one should figure out what made the problem arise > in the first place - especially with things that did already work > at an earlier time): is there an involvement of Xorg maintainers > in this matter? (I searched, but did not find any comment on > that) I've encouraged peole with modeline problems to either enter bug reports in bugs.freedesktop.org or contact Tilman Sauerbeck. I can't find any mga modeline bug reports there, maybe just searching badly. A few days ago I sent an email to Tilman Sauerbeck about the modeline problem, but it's hard to provide specifics when the bug is in a feature I don't use. Hopefully others have also contacted him. It would be nice to get the problems fixed before the next xorg release so we don't have to go through the xrandr-1.2 pain all over again. If anyone wants to work on mga-1.9.100 directly, I'd be willing to help test. Come to think of it, a test case that demonstrates the modeline problem would be nice. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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