[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#524871: Bug#524871: Issue list.

Patrick Matthäi pmatthaei at debian.org
Tue Aug 11 18:22:46 UTC 2009


Don Pellegrino schrieb:
> It seems there are a number of separate issues at work here:
> 
> First, bug #524871 was originally filed for the "Invalid map handle" 
> message.  This message does occur in the case of the freeze when using 
> OpenGL but I don't know if the two problems are related.  I find that 
> the "invalid map handle" message is also reported in a different system 
> where the freeze is not happening.  Therefore perhaps the freeze issue 
> should be moved to a separate bug report?

The problem with fglrx is, that it is prop. and we can not "see" the 
real reason for it. The invalid map handle error is there, but it should 
just slow down the performance of opengl apps, maybe on some 
cards/setups it also crashs.. I hope it will be fixed with the next release.

> 
> If the freezing issue is related to the version of the kernel that would 
> suggest that downgrading the kernel would help resolve the issue. 
> Unfortunately I believe downgrading the kernel makes the fglrx-source 
> unable to compile.  Are the kernel and fglrx-source dependencies 
> documented or enforced by the packages?

We are only supporting the configuration from the tree, so: we just 
support etch fglrx with the etch xorg and etch kernel, same for sid and 
testing, it is not possible to have multiple support for every stage here.

> 
> What would be a path for a work-around to this issue?  Does it make 
> sense to downgrade the kernel and try the fglrx drivers from the ATI 
> installer?  If so, do they need patches to get going with the version of 
> Xorg in unstable?

Do not use the ati installer, if you realy feal annoyed by this issue, 
downgrade your kernel and the fglrx debian version, but do not frickle 
it around.





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