[Mageia-dev] Release blocker bugs

Wed Apr 25 18:57:29 CEST 2012

23.04.2012 12:33, Anne Nicolas kirjoitti:
+> Hi there
+> 
+> We need a status on following release_blocker bugs. As a reminder we
+> have some days left only until RC isos.
+> Cheers
+> 
+
+> #5426    cri    rel    Linu    anssi.hannula at iki.fi    REOP    ---   
+> Beta3 doesn't boot on
+> ati graphics hardware
+
+Unfortunately I fear I may not have enough time during the next two
+weeks to look closely at this - it is a time-consuming bug to look at
+since multiple different issues seem to be at play, and I don't really
+right now have time to spend other than a few mins here and there (these
+several weeks are unusually busy for me)...
+
+As noted to tmb in IRC a few days ago, I think at least the dual
+graphics (intel+radeon) problems would likely mostly go away if fglrx
+were used properly on the livecd - it has to be investigated why it
+doesn't get used (nvidia is used properly, and fglrx shouldn't be much
+different).
+
+A more proper fix would probably be adding some stuff in e.g. prefdm
+which would call e.g. display_driver_helper to execute some
+vga_switcheroo commands depending on which driver is enabled in
+xorg.conf and which hw is present. It seems a bit too late to do such
+things for mga2, though...
+
+It might be good if someone who knows a bit about this boot stuff (tmb,
+colin, tv...?) could take over the bug, or at least see what could be
+done. I can still mostly answer quick questions if needed.
+
+I'll also see if I can still dedicate a few hours for this bug on some
+day, but I don't really see where at the moment... Maybe on
+Saturday/Sunday but only if some unrelated projects turn out to get
+finished faster than I expect...
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+