On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Simon Hunt <chesemonkyl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:30:02PM -0400, Simon Hunt wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 02:00:35PM -0400, Simon Hunt wrote: >> > I posted this on the forums but I want some more information. I have a >> > bit of a dilemma. With these settings, >> > >> > xf86-video-intel: 2.6.3-r1 xorg-server: 1.6.2-r1 and 1.6.3 kernel >> > module: i830 kernel: gentoo 2.6.29-r5 and 2.6.30-r4 >> > >> > sometimes when stopping or starting X my computer would freeze and there >> > would be no video output. However, other than that, inside Gnome Firefox >> > ran pretty smoothly, not incredibly fast, but not sluggishly at all. >> > With these settings, >> > >> > xf86-video-intel: 2.8.0 xorg-server: 1.6.3 kernel module: i915 kernel: >> > vanilla 2.6.31_rc7 >> > >> > >> > X starts and stops very smoothly without ever freezing, I think because >> > of the KMS. But Firefox runs sluggishly and my whole machine freezes in >> > Firefox frequently. According to this, >> > http://www.x.org/wiki/IntelGraphicsDriver, the 2.8.0 driver drops >> > support for XAA and EXA, but has no UXA support for my graphics card >> > (865G), so I think I'm getting no 2D acceleration. Could that be the >> > reason Firefox is so slow? As for the freezes, I think that's just >> > because the newer driver is unstable. What are the optimum driver and >> > kernel versions for my graphics card, the 865G? Also, the reason I'm >> > using the 2.6.31 kernel is because that X.Org wiki page says it works >> > best with the 2.8.0 intel driver. Oh, and what exactly is the kernel >> > module for and what are the differences between the i830 and i915? >> > >> > Pappy told me I should use kernel .27, and that KMS support right now >> > for my card is very unstable. Anyway, I just want to know the best >> > options right now for my card which is the 865G. >> >> Okay, my current setup is >> xf86-video-intel: 2.7.1 >> xorg-server: 1.6.3.901 >> kernel: 2.6.30-r4 with i915 >> >> and it never freezes while starting or stopping, and it never lags in >> Firefox. The only way this differs from my old setup is the xorg-server, >> so I think they may have fixed the freezing issue in the version. I >> tried both suggestions, and I don't know why but they just didn't work >> for me. Thanks for all the help though! Oh by the way, the only reason I >> even tried this was because I had to use a different kernel to get into >> X and it just happened to work perfectly! > > No, I was wrong. I also changed my xf86-video-intel, and THAT is what > fixed the freezing problem, but now I have another freezing problem > which I think is cause by the new intel driver because it happened in > several versions of xorg-server. > >
Finally is working on gentoo (with extra patches): x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.31 media-libs/mesa-7.5.1 x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.13 But kernel must be patched with: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2009-September/004122.html My /etc/X11/xorg.conf : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 #Option "AIGLX" "true" EndSection Section "Extensions" #Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "int" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "UXA" #Option "Tiling" "False" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "glx" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Monitor "Monitor0" Device "int" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection -- Andrés
