X for i810 video is still not working with xorg-x11-6.7.99.902-6

Mike Klinke lsomike at futzin.com
Thu Aug 26 05:52:45 UTC 2004


On Wednesday 25 August 2004 21:57, Jim Cornette wrote:
> Since X is down for those with the 810 or 815 version of video
> cards, I have been copying the driver from the earlier X version
> that is on the FC3T1 CD to the below.
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i815_drv.o
>
> When X is installed and is does not come up, I then replace the
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o
>
> file with the working driver, in order to get my X up and
> running.
>
> Anyway, on the newer installations, the older i810_dvr.o driver
> is replaced with the latest version. I therefore test out the
> newest driver and find that it failed.
>
> This is interesting to me, except the below bug is said to be
> checked into CVS.
>
> https://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1084 (and 1086)
>
> How soon will this fix take to get incorporated into the next
> release of X?
>
> Jim

Jim, I can confirm that this is still broken with the xorg*902-6 
rpm's on my system too. I'd been waiting for the changed binaries 
but it looks like the patch may not have been added yet to the 
Fedora distribution.

Regards, Mike Klinke





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