MACH64 video driver crashes with Mach 3D Rage Pro
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Linux Mint |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
xserver-xorg-video-mach64 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
It seems that xserver-
After the upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 MACH64 video driver crashes, causing infinite loop at boot:
starting desktop manager, X server crash, restarting desktop manager, X server crash, restarting desktop manager, X server crash, etc.
It is impossible even to switch to text console.
I found a workaround - booting in rescue mode, mounting filesystem read-write and creating the file containing lines
-------
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default device"
Option "NoAccel"
EndSection
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in /usr/share/
I hope it will be possible to find the bug (in 12.04 this video driver worked OK).
Some details which may be useful:
System:
CPU Pentium III 500MHz, RAM 512 MB
Video card:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c)
OS:
Lubuntu 12.10 (upgraded from 12.04)
Package:
xserver-
tags: | added: quantal |
It looks like that this bug is caused by the fact that mach64 driver depends on XAA, which was removed in xserver 1.13: /msg33768. html
http://<email address hidden>
Maybe the proposed upstream patch will help: /bugs.freedeskt op.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 51137
https:/
Waiting for the patched version of xserver- xorg-video- mach64 to appear in the Ubuntu repository.