On 09/22/2010 06:55 PM, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 10:27 -0600, Gordon Schumacher wrote: > >> On 09/20/2010 05:07 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote: >> >>> Aha, gotcha. I *suspect* the calls are already coded up in the 8xx >>> driver code. If there's anything missing, then it should be possible to >>> cargo-cult from the 9xx code. On the plus side, if you get stuck with >>> any API stuff, the Intel developers are friendly and can be reached on >>> irc or mail pretty readily. >>> >>> >> I also have some contacts at Intel now, albeit in entirely the wrong >> group; they might be able to pass me along to someone though. >> >> Also, I think I know in broad strokes what it is that broke video for >> me. I seem to remember that once upon a time, there were two drivers >> one could load for the i830 - the current driver, or the old i810 driver >> (which is still there). The current driver never worked for me, but the >> i810 driver did. That doesn't work anymore, but I might be able to >> cargo-cult the older i810 driver code that supported the i830 into the >> new driver. >> > Hm. That reminds me of bug a freedesktop.org bug¹ that I thought > applied to i810, but seems to actually apply to (some) i830s. If that > turns out to be your bug then there's a lot of information on that bug, > including prospective patches. >
Um. So... the release candidate works *perfectly* for me, with respect to video: no freaky text mode flicker, no X-shift in the installer... it all just works. That will make it a little hard to debug :) What changed from Lucid? -- Ubuntu-x mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x
