Bug 464388

Summary:	xdriinfo move from xorg-x11-utils to glx-utils is incomplete
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	dns <slocombe>
Component:	xorg-x11-utils	Assignee:	X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	slocombe, xgl-maint
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Description dns 2008-09-28 03:08:12 UTC

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The utility driconf in xorg-x11-utils requires xdriinfo in order to run.

The last release of this package (xorg-x11-utils-7.4-3.fc10.src.rpm) 
contains the changelog entry:

* Sun Jul 27 2008 Adam Jackson <ajax> 7.4-3
- Drop xdriinfo.  Would be better suited to being in Mesa's glx-utils
  subpackage anyway. (#456609)

However glx-utils package (most-recent version: mesa-7.2-0.2.fc10.src.rpm)
does not contain xdriinfo.

So currently driconf cannot be run. This is needed to work around a
show-stopper bug with a Radeon 9250 card (vblank problem causing IRQ11
to be disabled, apparently, which buggers up access to root fs).


Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
[dns@rings ~]$ driconf
sh: xdriinfo: command not found
[dns@rings ~]$ 



Currently, with a Radeon 9250 (r200) installed, with the system updated to
Rawhide, if I invoke glxgears or any other GL-using program (like FlightGear),
IRQ #11 gets disabled, root is no longer accessible, and issuing a subsequent
command causes the system to go into an infinite loop which prevents any
action other than turning the hardware off. My understanding is that with
driconf I can modify an option for DRM (for vblank) that will obviate this
drastic failure. (Hope that's true: I can't try yet!) Does that count as
Severity: High ??

Comment 1 dns 2008-09-28 03:23:26 UTC

On second thought, perhaps the bug is moving xdriinfo from xorg-x11-utils!
As driconf is still in this package, and it is dependent on xdriinfo, either
both should move *or* a dependency should be created between xorg-x11-utils
and wherever xdriinfo goes (e.g. glx-utils). Moving both there may not
be so easy since driconf is a GUI app that may have other dependencies...
(I'm guessing on that).

Comment 2 Adam Jackson 2008-09-30 14:42:12 UTC

Fixed in mesa-7.2-0.3.fc10 , which provides glx-utils.