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SubjectRe: Regression 2.6.34+ -> 2.6.34-rc5: radeon KMS rs780 problems
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On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 23:00 -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote: 
> On Monday 19 July 2010 10:34:20 Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Sam, 2010-07-17 at 18:56 -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > >
> > > My 790gx chipset supplies an rs780. With .34+ all is ok.
> > > With .35-rc5 basic function seems ok (kde works) but games like
> > > extreme tux racer have problems. The cursor does not display when on
> > > the tux racer window and various objects flicker on and off as I
> > > attempt to play the game.
> >
> > Sounds like it might be
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28341 . Does the X driver
> > patch attached there fix the problem?
>
> Michel,
>
> xf86-video-ati git from today fails. Applying the revert patch in the above message
> fixes the problem. Its an interesting bug in that the kernel change triggers the
> driver bug. Might be a good idea to get this fixed, one way or another, before
> -35 gets released?

It's basically a userspace bug, the buggy userspace code is just only
active with new functionality in the new kernel.


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