Bug 130320 – xf86-video-via missing #include <assert.h>, kills screen

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Starling 2006-04-17 19:35:50 UTC]

xf86-video-via updated recently (thanks! :) ) but it was updated with a critical bug, easily fixed.  Ebuild =x11-drivers/xf86-video-via-0.2.1 dies during startx with a "symbol 'assert' not found" and in dying it leaves the video card in a nonfunctional state.  To fix this problem, add:

#include <assert.h>

at the top of the file src/via_dri.c.  After that fix, everything works "perfectly".  Someone with connections might push this upstream to the X11 via driver developer too.

[Comment 1 Michal Pytasz 2006-04-18 09:42:58 UTC]

Created attachment 84909 [details]
Photograph of screen without assert.h

I can confirm that. Without assert.h screen looks more or less like in the attachment (on Acer Apire 1362, K8N800 based laptop), with assert included works fine.

[Comment 2 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2006-04-18 09:45:00 UTC]

Please file this upstream at bugs.freedesktop.org in the xorg product. Make it block bug #5041, and post the URL here.

Thanks!

[Comment 3 Bill Krueger 2006-05-15 19:29:23 UTC]

Did a bit of searching and finally found this upstream so here's the url:


https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6668

Hope this helps as it seams this fix is still not in gentoo's portage. 

[Comment 4 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-05-15 19:37:50 UTC]

It's not there since no one had brought it to our attention yet :D  Thanks for finding it.

[Comment 5 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-05-15 19:43:05 UTC]

Fixed in CVS.