Re: the removal of Packard

> > It still doesnt work in 4.3 (With GMX2000) and the 2D broke as well with
> 
> Why still doesn't work ? Nobody is really working on it, so it can only
> become more broken as time pass. I know of two (non x developper) who
> are interrested in gamma + pm3 support, but they are no coders. I have
> been trying to push them to try, but without much sucess so far.

Actually its a lot less broken in 4.3 than 4.2, it still doesn't work
but it actually looks like it should now. One problem is that 1 v 2 
renderer setup.

> > the PCI Delta based card I have.
> 
> What did broke in the 2D driver ? It did work with 4.2.1, right, so it

Hangs the box when you start X

> > I've been trying to track down why the 3D hangs the card the moment it
> > starts up but not got anywhere yet
> 
> Do you have any hint ? I would vote for broken drm kernel module. You

The moment a client starts it seems we load the chips with something that
gives them indigestion. Its fine until a 3d drive starts up and it looks
like its the 3d startup thats doing it.

I've been rather too busy to dig deeply recently.

Alan