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Q: How do I produce useful information whenever submiting a bug report?
A: See http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging
+ and follow the instructions.
+
+Q: How do I test development snapshots from the upstream GIT repository?
+
+A: Run the following commands from a command line interpreter shell...
+ 1. git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-geode
+ 2. Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install autoconf automake libtool
+ apt-get install build-dep xserver-xorg-video-geode
+ Fedora/Red Hat: yum install autoconf automake libtool
+ yum-builddep xorg-x11-drv-geode
+ 3. cd xf86-video-geode
+ 4. ./autogen.sh
+ 5. make distcheck
+ ...then install the driver manually.
Q: What is the preferred method for submitting patches to this driver?