On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Michel D�nzer wrote: > On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 17:16, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > > > The ATI/radeon problem has been fixed by Herbert already in the new kernel > > upload -4. > > Let me point out again that there is actually a bug in the > xserver-xfree86 r128 and radeon drivers: they don't deal gracefully with > the DRI initialisation failing late in the game. However, IMHO it's the > responsibility of the people who want to remove the firmware from the > kernel packages to fix this, as this bug is very unlikely to trigger > otherwise (basically takes a buggy DRM).
Yes I understand that. Would that bug shows up again in other situations other than this one? I read in another message that you can dig out a patch for this problem. Would you mind to post it here? Thanks 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.