solved, kinda (Re: Can't start Xorg after upgrade -- radeon R200)

Mikhail T. mi+thun at aldan.algebra.com
Tue May 14 21:35:01 UTC 2013


14.05.2013 16:46, Niclas Zeising написав(ла):
> xorg, and especially the old xorg-server used by default in FreeBSD
> ports is riddled with weird code and undefined behavior.  A change of
> compiler will trigger different optimizations which might break
> assumptions about things.  I've seen it before, especially when
> switching between gcc and clang.  You might want to test using clang
> instead, or rebuild all xorg ports with WITH_NEW_XORG= to get a more
> recent xorg version.  Otherwise, I suggest you keep running with your
> gcc based xorg-server, unless you have the time and ability to debug the
> issue further.
Oh... What else will the WITH_NEW_XORG enable/disable and how could I
have known about the option, if I did not ask here? I do wish I knew
earlier...

Thanks!

    -mi



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