ati rage mobility-p crash

[rwas]

Hello,

1. "Option "ExaNoComposite" "true""

     this works

2. "First try compiling xf86-video-mach64 from git"
     ..also works. no crashes with the previously offending apps


Life is good again, thanks. :)




I am confused as to the difference between "xf86-video-mach64" and

"xf86-video-ati" drivers though. Why would I use on over the other?


Thanks.

Robert W.


"Connor Behan wrote:
> On 29/01/14 06:02 PM, rwas  <rbtwas at gmail.com> wrote:
 >> Hello,
 >>
 >> I've had this bug since I upgraded to OS 12.3. When I run anything
 >> with Java the X server crashes. Apparently this is an old bug. I've
 >> seen references to it going back past 2011. I've searched and can't
 >> find any activity on this issue.
 >>
 >> Do I submit a new bug?
 > First try compiling xf86-video-mach64 from git. The second most
 > recent commit sounds relevant to your problem.
 >
 > If you're looking for workarounds, you can always try disabling EXA
 > in your xorg.conf. It is probably okay just to disable the Composite
 > / RENDER part with Option "ExaNoComposite" "true".
 >> I'd be happy to look into fixing the driver myself but there
 >> appears to be very little info on how one get'started into X driver
 >> development. Help there would be appreciated as well...
 >>
 >> I've tried using the "xf86-video-ati-7.2.0" driver but this does
 >> not solve the problem.
 > The best way is to go through the git history. You should find a
 > series of commits by George Sapountzis adding EXA support to mach64.
 > I added it a year and a half ago to r128 and was only able to do so
 > by reading these commits and a bunch in the radeon driver.
 >
 > The log file should probably go in a pastebin next time.
 >