Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:19:58 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: Eric Anholt <eta@lclark.edu> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Xorg ATI Rage-Mobility Bug Message-ID: <20041019161359.J86124@pemaquid.safeport.com> In-Reply-To: <1098163150.2830.19.camel@leguin> References: <20041018150553.W86124@pemaquid.safeport.com> <1098163150.2830.19.camel@leguin>
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Thank you for you quick response On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Eric Anholt wrote: > On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 12:30, doug@safeport.com wrote: > > Both Xorg and XFree86 4.4 have this problem. The card works in XFree86 4.3. > > > > The problem is reported in Xorg as Bug#: 1109, report 2004-08-17. It has been > > fixed in XFree86 4.4.99.7, CHANGELOG #133. > > [cut] > > Unfortunately, due to the licensing we can't just pick up XFree86 > patches and shove them into x.org. David Dawes, at least, has publicly > stated that any work he does is covered by the new license unless > explicitly stated otherwise (even if he doesn't add a license header), > so people working on x.org have to tread very carefully when looking at > things done in XFree86, to avoid contamination. I understand completely > Is http://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=591 related? If that > patch helped you, it would be good to hear. Part of my original question was how to figure out if I am picking up source that has a includes a specific fix; or where to find xorg patches source or otherwise. I shouldn't need a how-to, just a pointer to same 8) I do not think my laptop and/or its card effect a large number of users, but I am happy to test things. I just need a nudge on finding some info to get me started. > > -- > Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu > http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org > _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601
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