Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Intel dilemma
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 TilingFalse EndSection Section Module Load extmod Load dri Load dbe Load glx Load freetype EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 MonitorMonitor0 Device int SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection -- Andrés
[gentoo-user] Re: Intel dilemma
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!
[gentoo-user] Re: Intel dilemma
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.
