Bug 30089 – libsdl disables videomode switching on ppc. (new ebuild with fix)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ernst Sjöstrand 2003-10-01 11:10:58 UTC]

Here's a patch that enables videomode switching on ppc.
It also includes a safety check a few lines higher up, that could be necessary
for people with bad XF86Config files. You could either include it or not.
I think it should depend on >=xfree-4.3.0, since they changed the behaviour of
the modeline functions a bit there.

This is the evil code:

#if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__sparc64__) || defined(__powerpc__)
    /* The alpha, sparc64 and PPC XFree86 servers are also buggy */
    buggy_X11 = 1;
#endif
    /* Enumerate the available fullscreen modes */
    if ( ! buggy_X11 ) {

        SDL Mode Switching Code.

    }

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Ernst Sjöstrand 2003-10-01 11:12:03 UTC]

Created attachment 18573 [details]
New ebuild.

[Comment 2 Bartosch Pixa (RETIRED) 2003-10-01 19:48:52 UTC]

plz only make plain text attachments

[Comment 3 Ernst Sjöstrand 2003-10-01 23:17:54 UTC]

Sorry, it didn't say anywhere.

Anyway, the patch works great with Maelstrom, Abuse, LGeneral and mplayer.
I've also contacted LGP and they will include it in the next update of Majesty.

But it will probably take a while before the patch shows up in SDL's cvs
or a stable release.

[Comment 4 Ernst Sjöstrand 2003-10-07 02:34:15 UTC]

Created attachment 18894 [details, diff]
Only the sdl patch.

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2004-01-03 14:53:41 UTC]

is this patch for libsdl-1.2.5 or libsdl-1.2.6 ?

[Comment 6 Ernst Sjöstrand 2004-01-05 00:28:48 UTC]

Created attachment 23175 [details, diff]
Better patch.

[Comment 7 Ernst Sjöstrand 2004-01-05 00:31:37 UTC]

This patch is for libsdl-1.2.6 (Iv

[Comment 8 Ernst Sjöstrand 2004-01-05 00:31:37 UTC]

This patch is for libsdl-1.2.6 (Iv´e made it -4 on my comp).

Should look something like this:

src_unpack() {
        unpack ${A}
        cd ${S}
        epatch ${FILESDIR}/${P}-fullscreen.patch #31235
        epatch ${FILESDIR}/${PV}-alsa-1.0.0.patch #35049
        epatch ${FILESDIR}/sdl_x11vm_ppc.diff

There are no buggy Xservers.

[Comment 9 Ernst Sjöstrand 2004-02-09 02:18:58 UTC]

Debian (finally) included this patch about 2 weeks ago.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=210406

[Comment 10 SpanKY 2004-02-09 08:46:52 UTC]

roger, i'll take a look at this

[Comment 11 SpanKY 2004-02-09 19:25:37 UTC]

sparc guys: if you dont know of any issues with libsdl-1.2.6-r3 could you please push it to stable ? you're the last one :P

[Comment 12 Sven Blumenstein (RETIRED) 2004-02-10 08:02:29 UTC]

The entire OpenGL/SDL stuff is horrible broken on sparc AFAIK. 
Not a big deal at all because there are only a small number of good working acclerated graphic cards for sparc machines.

If anyone gets an sdl application to work on sparc, give him a hug and a cookie.

[Comment 13 SpanKY 2004-02-10 16:30:20 UTC]

so it doesnt matter one way or the other if 1.2.6 is stable over 1.2.5 ? :)

libsdl doesnt just work with OpenGL ... it has other backends it can use ...