hi all..
i am supposed to be performing an old work this weekend, but gem refuses to behave.
i am running gem from cvs, pd 0.41-2, xorg server 1.4.0.90, ati driver 8.2 (8.455.2-r1) on a gentoo linux platform. [machine: hp/compaq nc6400, card: mobility radeon X1300]
i have attached my xorg log..
to summarize the x server crashes as soon as i click a create message on a gemwin. the patch can be as simple as the create msg and the gemwin object..
the real oddity is that there has been one circumstance where gem worked, created the gemwin and rendered a simple cube, but destroying this window froze the machine completely. i have only seen gem 'work' once out of a good 30 times i have tried..
the backtrace that is spat out is as follows:
Backtrace: 0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80c810e] 1: [0xffffe420] 2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libGLcore.so(_mesa_initialize_context+0x4e4 ) [0xb5e38115] 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libGLcore.so(XMesaCreateContext+0x79) [0xb5 f3df75] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7bcbf42] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so(DoCreateContext+0x10b) [0xb7bc997 8] 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7bc9b58] 7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7bcb80f] 8: X [0x81415de] 9: X(Dispatch+0x2ba) [0x80866c9] 10: X(main+0x49e) [0x806ebc5] 11: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd8) [0xb7ca3838] 12: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xc9) [0x806df21]
i hope someone can shed some light on this.. if it means downgrading drivers, i am happy to do so but i have little time for trial and error.. and yes, i know ati cards have a dismal track record, but this is my only laptop and i am stuck with the card fitted..
thanks..
dmotd.