[cooker-amd64] XFree86-4.4-0.902.5mdk.src.rpm on amd64

[Michael Riß]

Hello everyone

While trying to get some ATI Cards to work I tested
the last XFree86-4.4 mdk package.
My experiences on two machines:

1. Dual Opteron, Tyan Thunder K8S with Radeon 9800 Pro
2. Athlon64, ASUS K8V Deluxe with Radeon 9200
both run Mandrake 9.2-amd64

Stock 9.2 XFree86-4.3-24mdk:
Dual Opteron machine says: no device found
Athlon64: X freezes with black screen, still able to
log in via ssh

XFree86-4.3-24.4.92mdk from 9.2 updates (not the
experimental 4.3 from Gwenole):
Dual Opteron machine says: no device found
Athlon64 starts in 2D, but freezes when starting
some 3D application, e.g. glxgears, still able to
log in via ssh

9.2 and XFree86-4.4:
Dual Opteron machine works in 2D, no 3D acceleration
Athlon64 works in 2D and 3D, even UT2004demo works,
although the textures have very low resolution,
I suspect a wrong mipmap level

If someone wants to test the 4.4 version, you can grab a
patched version here (it had some issues on amd64 with
wrong x11libdir/x11shlibdir variables):
http://wwwknoll.in.tum.de/~riss/mdkstuff/XFree86-4.4-0.902.6mdk.src.rpm

Let's hope this XFree86 license issue will get fixed soon,
4.4 is good for ATI Cards.

cu
Michi