From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 16:13:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A8DC16A419; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:13:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E288613C43E; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:13:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0IGCkBb024664; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:12:46 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m0IGCju4024661; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:12:46 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:12:45 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Peter Much In-Reply-To: <20080118045934.GA35739@gate.oper.dinoex.org> Message-ID: <20080118082940.M24541@wonkity.com> References: <20080118045934.GA35739@gate.oper.dinoex.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:12:46 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org, flz@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: x11-drivers/xf86-video-mga: current issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:13:16 -0000 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