Re: Need X testers on Alpha. I think we've got it this time.

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Bertram Fey <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I need a few people to test X on Alpha. Michael Cree found what we
>> believe is the commit that broke X and also provided a patch to fix
>> some undefined references. We just need to confirm that these changes
>> make X work again and then we'll get them pulled into master and the
>> 1.7 branch in time for 1.7.1
>>
>> I'd especially like testers for:
>>  - Radeon, varying generations, both user mode setting and kernel
>> mode
>> setting
>>  - Matrox
>
> I gave it a try yesterday on an Alphastation 255/300 (ev45) with a
> Millennium II card. It's still reporting the "BAR 0" error.

Thanks for testing! It'd be excellent to get some testing on <EV56.

> Since it's some months ago that you wrote it, so I'm not really sure
> it's your git still contains the patches. :)

All those patches in my tree are now in the 1.7 and 1.8 branches of
the X server. So as far as testing goes, you'll do just as well to
test X serer 1.7.3. In any case, my tree is out of date. I guess this
is a good thing, as it means we haven't needed any more Alpha-specific
fixes. :)

> Is there anything I can help to get it working again?

Yes. Please file a bug at bugs.freedesktop.org and attach your kernel
.config, xorg.conf, dmesg. Also say what hardware you're testing and
appropriate software versions (ie, X server, kernel, xf86-video-mga,
etc.).

Thanks a ton for testing and responding!

Matt