On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Allan McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > Jan de Groot wrote: >> >> Hello Intel users, >> >> There's a new package in testing (x86_64 only at this moment, i686 will >> follow later today) called "xf86-video-intel-legacy". This is the old >> 2.3.2 driver, patched to support xorg-server 1.6 and newer versions of >> libdrm. >> Users with pre-G965 hardware who suffer from performance issues with the >> current -intel driver should test this release. Note that this driver is >> rather old and doesn't contain support for all the new hardware around >> these days. G965+ users should be better off with the normal intel >> driver. >> I hope this driver can replace the need for the old i915 repository >> maintained by a community member. If this is the case, expect >> xorg-server 1.6 to be moving to extra soon. >> > > Legacy packages works well here (Intel 945GM). My chromuim-bsu FPS went > from 10 to 50 and extreme tux racer is smooth. Note that with sticking to > the "new" intel driver, I got a boost from 5 to 10FPS with the new builds > put in i686 last night. Have not tried playing video full screen at my TVs > native resolution yet (which was my other problem). > > Allan >
Works fine here. X now works with kernel26 2.6.29. Xv works for videos, GL games works. The OpenGL screensavers are choppy however but before I was only getting garbage. A definite improvement.
