re: xsrc/50599: xf86-video-r128 6.10.0 breaks rage 128 pro ultra

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR xsrc/50599; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: re: xsrc/50599: xf86-video-r128 6.10.0 breaks rage 128 pro ultra
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:21:15 -0600 (CST)

 On Sat, 23 Jan 2016, John D. Baker wrote:
 
 > On Sat, 23 Jan 2016, John D. Baker wrote:
 > 
 > > There was recently a change to "xf86-video-r128" in pkgsrc-HEAD which
 > > appears to address the issue.  I'll update that package to HEAD and
 > > see if that helps.
 > 
 > With xf86-video-r128 6.10.1 from pkgsrc-HEAD, the server doesn't exit,
 
 And later:
 
 > Yes, it produces a working display--with a "sort of".  The modes
 > detected were mostly right, except that 2048x1536@85Hz and 75Hz are
 > out of range for the monitor.  Therefore a minimal "xorg.conf" is
 > required to properly describe the monitor H/V frequencies, allowable
 > monitor modes, and desired screen modes.
 
 The above was on i386.  I was in the process of trying out modular Xorg
 on macppc, but modular-xorg-server (as of pkgsrc-2015Q4) doesn't build
 on macppc.
 
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