On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 08:53:41AM +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > It should be able to fix the problem but i cannot test it myself since I > > lack that kind of hardware. > > I can test any of these patches,
Please do so! > but I doubt stuff like 3D will work if this microcode is actually > needed! This would be really, really, really bad if we can do neither 3D > nor acceleration. Yes these was mentioned on debian-x. Sorry i don't have the message reference handy. > Next time we need a more thorough analysis, not just 'I don't think this > file gets used much anywhere'. That includes testing on the relevant > hardware: I have a Radeon 9000 which can be used for testing Radeon > stuff, but I just assumed it had been tested when it was asserted that > it was thoroughly unnecessary. http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2004/debian-x-200404/msg00955.html I did call for testers after we changed/removed the code from X but there have no replies to it. I assumed that noone had problems with it. Fabio -- <user> fajita: step one <fajita> Whatever the problem, step one is always to look in the error log. <user> fajita: step two <fajita> When in danger or in doubt, step two is to scream and shout.