FS#27788 - [xf86-video-sisimedia] dependency on sis-dri should be optional
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Opened by Alexander (AlexanderR) - Sunday, 01 January 2012, 11:44 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Sunday, 18 March 2012, 21:01 GMT
Opened by Alexander (AlexanderR) - Sunday, 01 January 2012, 11:44 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Sunday, 18 March 2012, 21:01 GMT
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Description:
Some devices supported by this driver (for example Sis Mirage 3 - sis671) do not have proper 3D drivers. With xf86-video-sisimedia installed Xorg starts but issues message about bad format of sis_dri.so-provided structure. DRI is disabled anyway. Steps to reproduce: Find somewhere notebook with sis671-series card, install xf86-video-sisimedia, start Xorg Possible workaround: Make xf86-video-sisimedia dependency on sis-dri optional. |
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Closed by Jan de Groot (JGC)
Sunday, 18 March 2012, 21:01 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Latest version no longer supports dri (sis-dri is dead).
Sunday, 18 March 2012, 21:01 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Latest version no longer supports dri (sis-dri is dead).
I think that
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Possible workaround:
Make xf86-video-sisimedia dependency on sis-dri optional.
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could work.
Need some information? Now I really don't know were to start
2Federico Di Pasquali (rude_metal)
in /etc/pacman.conf:
IgnorePkg=xorg-server xf86-input-synaptics xf86-input-evdev xf86-video-ati
$ pacman -Qi xorg-server xf86-input-synaptics xf86-input-evdev xf86-video-ati | grep Version
Version : 1.11.4-1
Version : 1.5.0-1
Version : 2.6.0-4
Version : 6.14.3-1
Works fine.