[PD] [gem-cvs] crashes xorg/ati..

[B. Bogart]

Hey,

I never used the flglx drivers, but it looks to me that your gem is
linked against mesa, not the glx included with the flglx driver.

That could be a problem...

Don't bother running on the xorg DRI, does not play well with Gem.

Good luck,
.b.

dmotd wrote:
> hi all..
> 
>   i am supposed to be performing an old work this weekend,
>   but gem refuses to behave. 
> 
>   i am running gem from cvs, pd 0.41-2, xorg server
>   1.4.0.90, ati driver 8.2 (8.455.2-r1) on a gentoo linux
>   platform. [machine: hp/compaq nc6400, card: mobility
>   radeon X1300]
> 
>   i have attached my xorg log.. 
> 
>   to summarize the x server crashes as soon as i click a
>   create message on a gemwin. the patch can be as simple as
>   the create msg and the gemwin object.. 
> 
>   the real oddity is that there has been one circumstance
>   where gem worked, created the gemwin and rendered a simple
>   cube, but destroying this window froze the machine
>   completely. i have only seen gem 'work' once out of a good
>   30 times i have tried..
> 
>   the backtrace that is spat out is as follows:
> 
> ----
> Backtrace:
> 0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80c810e]
> 1: [0xffffe420]
> 2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libGLcore.so(_mesa_initialize_context+0x4e4
> ) [0xb5e38115]
> 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libGLcore.so(XMesaCreateContext+0x79) [0xb5
> f3df75]
> 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7bcbf42]
> 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so(DoCreateContext+0x10b) [0xb7bc997
> 8]
> 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7bc9b58]
> 7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7bcb80f]
> 8: X [0x81415de]
> 9: X(Dispatch+0x2ba) [0x80866c9]
> 10: X(main+0x49e) [0x806ebc5]
> 11: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd8) [0xb7ca3838]
> 12: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xc9) [0x806df21]
> ----
> 
>   i hope someone can shed some light on this.. if it means
>   downgrading drivers, i am happy to do so but i have little
>   time for trial and error.. and yes, i know ati cards have
>   a dismal track record, but this is my only laptop and i am
>   stuck with the card fitted.. 
> 
>   thanks..
> 
> dmotd.
> 
> 
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