AIGLX, ATI/AMD Radeons and FreeBSD -current

[Robert Noland]

On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 19:33 +0300, Kostik Belousov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:15:20AM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am curious what the state of AIGLX is using the ATI R300+ cards (I've 
> > an rv350) under FreeBSD. I have been trying to track down what work is 
> > being done on the problem.
> > 
> > I see a number of references detailing that it *is* broken, but I am 
> > having difficulty tracking down any progress or unofficial patches to 
> > deal with fixing it... is there anybody who's actively working on fixing 
> > this problem?
> > 
> > I found PR 112984: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112984 
> > which documents some spotty working/not working cases... all referencing 
> > 6.2-STABLE. Is this the only progress made so far? Is there any "working 
> > solution" under -current (or does the -stable fix apply to -current 
> > too)? Does the xorg-server-snap get better results?
> > 
> > I'm hoping that someone else has already trudged through here and can 
> > help shortcut what may be a drawn-out compile/test/debug/recompile cycle...
> 
> Try https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11870

Yes, this is the place to look.  I'm trying to push getting this fixed
as best I can.  AIGLX is required for compiz to run on radeon hardware,
which is mostly what I have...

robert.

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