From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OlZsi-0005LY-6c for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:04:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA224E094E; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:03:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.148]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 088F1E094A for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:03:34 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgQGABj4akx8qebx/2dsb2JhbACDGI9iMY0Wca0FkhWBIoMicwSELzSEIWOCeQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.56,225,1280678400"; d="scan'208";a="632084854" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.169.230.241]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 18 Aug 2010 12:03:30 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88E411D681E4 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:03:30 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1WXEri6qGXp6 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:03:27 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.43.7] (unknown [192.168.43.7]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A7BA1D6821A for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:03:27 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg 1.65 From: "W.Kenworthy" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <202844.81297.qm@web45401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <202844.81297.qm@web45401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Home in Perth, Western Australia Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:03:26 +0800 Message-ID: <1282104206.3651.5.camel@bunyip.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2aa69ac2-0d3a-49d9-b818-c8d7c421d2aa X-Archives-Hash: b5d4aa62e43af5e9cc4106875358cd81 Its worth unmasking the required packages for intel cards - there have been some quite useful improvements in speed and stability - its one case where you are definitely better off on the bleeding edge for the intel driver, xorg-server and the kernel:) Anything less at the moment will leave you as you are now. There are also documents for setting up mode setting via google - setup isnt quite as easy as other cards at the moment. BillK On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 20:38 -0700, dan blum wrote: > Bill, > > The xorg version is 1.7.6 (no r# to the best of my knowledge). When I do emerge it will re-emerge the 1.7.6 version and not the newer 1.8.2 version. The video card is VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01). > > I have not tried the mask suggested by other responders yet, but will soon. > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > Dan > > > --- On Thu, 8/12/10, William Kenworthy wrote: > > > From: William Kenworthy > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg 1.65 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 9:29 PM > > On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 09:03 +0800, > > Thomas Yao wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:46 AM, dan blum > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I am currently running xorg 1.7, which crashes > > very frequently. When I used to run xorg 1.65 everything was > > running fine. Can anyone clue me in on how to > > emerge an older version of the program. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you should have a look at the portage > > documentation carefully > > > and understand it well before you dive into gentoo, > > it's really > > > important: > > > > > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1 > > > > > > Good luck > > > > > > > and consider going the other way - I am using 1.8.2 > > (xorg-server) which > > is more stable for me than the 1.7 series. > > > > However, some idea on what your system is may help - > > certain > > combinations (xorg-server-1.7.x, inetl driver and tuxonice > > hibernate are > > problematic, others are fine with certain workarounds. > > > > Can you provide more info such as video card and what the > > crash is? The > > actual xorg version should be something like 7.4-r1 so I > > presume you > > quoted xorg-server? > > > > BillK > > > > -- > > William Kenworthy > > Home in Perth! > > > > > > > > > > >