On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 09:06:54PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The behaviour the patch (035_tdfx_disable_dri_on_16mb_with_highres.diff) > prevented sounds a lot like bug #179660.
Okay. > I did some strace back then on an old version of xfree86. The thread > mentioned in the bug report which contains them is moved. It is now in: > http://bzbb.bzflag.org/viewtopic.php?t=105 Hm. That thread seems to be mostly about NVidia cards and AMD systems. Are you sure that's the right URL? If so, could you please summarize the information of relevance here? > Not sure if this helps, but it might solve / close 179660 as well. [...] So what you're saying is, we should have closed bug #179660 when patch #035 was added? Do I understand you correctly? > P.S. I have a tdfx card (monster Fusion) and can do tests. Mail me if > needed. Cool. I've been wondering if a "LiveDangerously" option should be added to the tdfx driver to enable people so switch this restriction on the maximum resolution under DRI on and off. Then they could decide for themselves whether they can live with the instability, or verify if it even still exists. -- G. Branden Robinson | If you wish to strive for peace of Debian GNU/Linux | soul, then believe; if you wish to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | be a devotee of truth, then http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | inquire. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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