Subject: Boo-boo in XFree86 1.3 linux binaries (Cirrus driver)
From: [email-masked] (David Wexelblat)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 93 18:03:37 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce,comp.windows.x.i386unix

Apparently something happened to the source tree Zorst used to build
the 1.3 binaries.  This led to a bug in the Cirrus driver that causes
the server to crash.  Zorst will be looking into this, and checking if
any other problems exist, and will make a new binary update available
when all the problems are resolved.  In the meantime, you can work
around the problem as follows:

	1) Get the 1.3 Link Kit from the archives.
	2) Install the Link Kit
	3) cd to /usr/X386/lib/Server/drivers/vga256/cirrus
	4) Edit cir_driver.c and add the line
		NoopDDA,
	   between the NoopDDA and cirrusSetRead lines in the definition
	   of the CIRRUS structure
	5) cd to /usr/X386/lib/Server, read the README, and rebuild
	   the server from the link kit.

Sorry for the hassles.

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