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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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