> On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Harald Koenig wrote:
>
> [snip]
> >
> > Care to tell more?
> >
> > I've never seen any bug/problem report to XFree86 talking about problems
> > of SO 5 in combination with S3 ViRGE. I really wonder if this is
> > just rumors or why noone cares to file a bug report :-((
>
> I would imagine that no one has bothered to file a bug report yet - if you
> check the support newsgroups hosted by StarDivision, you'd find a large
> number of people who have a S3 ViRGE reporting these lockups.
and noone took the time to report this to XFree86 ??? that's free software :-(
I don't read news groups (don't have a online internet connection)
and won't start to gather problem reports all over the internet.
if you're interested in bugs gettings fixed, report them to the autor
(this is no XFree86 thing but IMHO generic `fair use' for free software!).
and if you _like_ those bugs and don't want to loose'em, file a report anyway
because otherwise shit may happen and your beloved bugs get fixed by accident
and you're upset again ;-)
> Also, XFree 3.3.3 has been released, so the bug might already be fixed,
> although I haven't tried the new server.
3.3.3 isn't released yet (but really RSN) and I really doubt it will `fix'
this problem as I didn't know about it until now (and now it's too late)...
but anyway, 3.3.3 tries to reset/timeout such polling loops when the chip
locked up. this may help in some/most instances, but it can have other
([more] nasty) side effects when being triggered.
so cross fingers, try 3.3.3 and write more bug reports!
> P.S.: I was the person who starting this whole S3 ViRGE thing anyway,
> after I mentioned problems with SO5 locking up on my S3 ViRGE, and Alan
> Cox responded with a tip to use the SVGA server. Sorry...
>
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