Hey, Op 28-09-13 17:16, Bob Tracy schreef: > On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 02:29:05PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>wrote: >>> (...) >>> xserver-xorg-video-sis >>> (...) > The SiS chipset was, unfortunately, really popular with manufacturers of > relatively expensive micro PeeCees (EzGo, Jadetec, etc.), which were > essentially notebook hardware crammed into a small desktop case. Here's > a link with good pics: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/smallest,530-2.html > and see also http://www.snotmonkey.com/work/ezgo/ for detailed specs. > It's based on the P4, and I've got one of them. Case has the footprint > of a "shuttle", but is about half the height. If I *could* switch video > cards, I'd do it in a heartbeat because SiS video cards have given me nothing > but grief through the years. > > In the "unsolved wontfix" ubuntu bug list for the driver, mention is > made of the fact XAA support went bye-bye, and the attempted use of EXA > causes looping segfaults on X server startup. Only current workaround > is to disable acceleration. Truly a case of "bad breath is better than > no breath". So the default configuration is broken and the xorg team no longer wants to maintain it. If you're willing to fix this bug and maintain xxv-sis with uploads go right ahead, if not it just means that dropping is the right thing to do.
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