Bug#459803: xserver-xorg-video-ati: X server does not start anymore

[Alex Deucher]

On Jan 8, 2008 2:56 PM, Marko Kaiser <Marko.Kaiser at t-online.de> wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> Version: 1:6.7.197-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi!
>
> After my daily sid upgrade X did not start anymore.
> I found a thread in the debian-powerpc list which shows the same
> symptom.
>
> My hardware is a mac mini G4 1.07GHz with 512 MB RAM. It is connected by
> the DVI -> VGA adapter to an ADI 715 TFT monitor.
> The vts still work.
> Logs are attached by reportbug.

There's a work around in ati git master so that the server will at
least come up.  However, it'd be nice to figure out what change caused
the regression.  Do you have a log from a previous version were it
worked?  Would you be able to use git bisect to find the commit that
caused the regression?

Alex