"Kam Leo" <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f84880b00611141641v70006c7en7392000ef3f9f172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On 11/14/06, Charles Butterfield <charles.butterfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> I've had what seems like a fairly serious kernel bug related to PCI >> scanning open for over a week, with no hint that anybody has read it, >> triaged it, etc. Some feedback would sure be nice. I'm posting this >> on the email list, since I'm not really sure how else to get developers >> to notice the formal bug report. >> >> History: >> >> Nov 3 -- I reported a problem with Xorg not finding my video card on >> this email list(subject "FC6 - X server can't start - embedded ATI Rage >> XL AGP - Dell PowerEdge 700"). Got a few posted responses (thanks!). >> >> Nov 5 -- Submitted bug report >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214050 >> >> Nov 6 -- After further debugging, I realized the problem is a kernel >> problem. I changed the title and component to indicate such. >> >> Nov 14 -- So far, no response of any sort to the submitted bug #214050. >> Still classified as NEW, no indication that anyone is doing anything, >> such as notifying the upstream folks, etc. (I started to notify the >> upstream kernel folks myself, but stopped when I read the notice to not >> submit bug reports that came from an existing distro). >> >> Problem Summary: >> >> In the kernel used by FC6, there is a PCI scan/enumeration bug that >> manifests itself on some machines (like mine) as a mismatch between the >> contents of /proc/bus/pci/devices (e.g. 14 devices) and the nodes in >> /proc/bus/pci/xx/* (e.g. 15 devices). Clearly this could cause numerous >> problems. In my case it causes Xorg to fail to find my video card. >> YMMV >> >> This problem did not exist in the kernels used by FC5 (or at least did >> not manifest on my system). >> >> Regards >> -- Charlie B >> >> ----------------------------------- >> Charles Butterfield, Chief Engineer >> Next Century Corporation >> > > Try the fedora developers mailing list or post your bug on Xorg's bug > database. David Jones is about the only developer to post here on a > regular basis. Your chances of getting an Xorg developer to respond > from this list is very close to zero. Okay, thanks for the clarification. Two comments: 1) I didn't post to the developers group originally, because of the following warning in the list description: This list is only for discussion of development issues in the Fedora Project. THIS IS NOT A SUPPORT LIST. THIS LIST IS FOR CORE DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION ONLY. Sounds like I misinterpreted it, will repost to that list as well. 2) The bug is a kernel bug, not an Xorg bug. It causes Xorg to fail (and presumably other applications).
