Bug#404876: G3 (or other non-altivec machines) testers sought

[Sjoerd Simons]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 01:19:32AM +0100, Bertrand Mingaud wrote:
> Hello !
> 
> I'm on an iBook G3 machine (ref M8600LL/A on Apple website), which
> should be a non Altivec one if I understood well (?).
> 
> I tried your test and the result is "Instruction illégale".
> 
> Versions :
> - gstreamer-base and -tools : 0.10.10-2
> - kernel : linux-image-2.6.18 (locally compiled from Debian source with
> Debian conf)
> 
> I then downloaded the new libvisual you pointed. The result has change :
> "ERREUR: le tube n'a pas pu etre construit: tube vide non
> autorisé." (The pipe couldn't be constructed, empty pipe forbidden).

  Actually the error message you got is the ``right'' result. As in it shows
  that my libvisual fixes the crash :)

  Thanks for testing!

    Sjoerd
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