[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#595174: Bug#595174: fglrx-driver: fglrx 10.8 blocks opengl wine applications. "_XReply: Assertion `!dpy->xcb->reply_data' failed"

[Lennart Weller]

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On 07.09.2010 20:55, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
> Am 07.09.2010 20:38, schrieb Lennart Weller:
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>> On 07.09.2010 20:24, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
>>> Am 01.09.2010 21:59, schrieb Lennart Weller:
>>>> On 01.09.2010 20:34, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
>>>>> Am 01.09.2010 20:14, schrieb Lennart Weller:
>>>>>> Package: fglrx-driver
>>>>>> Version: 1:10-8-1
>>>>>> Severity: critical
>>>>>> Tags: upstream
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The current upstream release of fglrx causes applications using
>>>>>> opengl in a wine environment to crash instantly.
>>>>>> A similar error was reported in April 2010 to the wine
>>>>>> bugtracker:http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22490
>>>>>> Though this time its solely related to fglrx. After downgrading to
>>>>>> 10.7 all tested applications work again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What happens, if you disable the new 2D stack:
>>>>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=587824#21
>>>>>
>>>>> (==) fglrx(0): ATI 2D Acceleration Architecture enabled<-- this has
>>>>> to be disabled in your xorg.0.log
>>>>>
>>>> The problem persists even if XAA is used. I explicitly checked both
>>>> suggestions in the other thread. First the reset of the config file and
>>>> afterwards the ForceXAA parameter.
>>>
>>> Okay first I think this bug is not a release blocker - if it only fails
>>> to launch opengl wine applications.
>>>
>>> But before I may downgrade it, could you provide some windows
>>> application names (please no apps where I have to pay first) with that I
>>> may reproduce your issue?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Due to the fact that somehow all GUI applications have a relation with a
>> graphics driver it's not really fitting to categorize it as `critical`
>> by the BTS. Though it introduces regressions which stop 'unrelated'
>> applications from working correctly, which is the reason I put it up as
>> critical anyway.
>>
>> Okay I tested Aion[1] and Lineage 2[2], both from NCSoft(both games run
>> perfectly fine with wine1.2 or newer). And the client can be downloaded
>> and started without paying for it. The applications fail to start with
>> 10.8 so it should be enough to test.
>>
>> [1]
>> http://www.fileplanet.com/204286/200000/fileinfo/Aion-Online-Client-v1.9
>> [2]http://www.fileplanet.com/215661/210000/fileinfo/Lineage-2---Freya-Game-Client
>>
> 
> Thanks, but do you have got any little application where this bug apply,
> maybe?
> 

I only tested those two games and the older bug reports from the wine
bugtracker had 'World of Warcraft' as a reference which isn't much
smaller and I can't guarantee that this bug appears for every OpenGL
application but it might.
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