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 1MhNP5-0004sk-Eh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:51:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 27D92E06C8; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:00:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.146]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08FD8E06C8 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:00:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so710625qwk.10 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:00:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:user-agent; bh=zvvMFpuSfvf5kSDgc9uzJSVcAcXfWHCm512W1neNsDo=; b=Sg3/WhoDLrMDa4oGQfzYqcKk3I4lFsqcemlWkKgxqmVdthcCwplY9B/csedJy1HrKF qKYqezQP1Yo/TP2i/W/69qvSo7EK9kCXCSqgmQz63GJDCyCULJf6NJwERBufhe6sVGvV HLkVwZsOU7GG7bfragniu6yApadP/libOVqK8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:user-agent; b=e2jTJ3ggWsIOhtSM12o0KryjlWf5mqoqxD37nOEvmxUW70F8lgf3UngNlO1+zZNNKQ HoDbdKegT7C3lIOyM2gzkR/MpyJVsqLvYQBfFaHm6yvB42QqneJfR4cVqtfQ0dD65la8 NRyMxyqwX7UdMesbO56Y/IC3zB0xR7jNI2j4s= Received: by 10.224.5.213 with SMTP id 21mr2124474qaw.272.1251568837556; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:00:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpe-71-64-105-56.neo.res.rr.com [71.64.105.56]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm3144195qwe.34.2009.08.29.11.00.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:00:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:00:35 -0400 From: Simon Hunt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Intel dilemma Message-ID: <20090829180035.GA8901@gentoo-desktop> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 4d8b4ff0-49a3-4a9a-bac8-d14b669f13dc X-Archives-Hash: d5c523cc41e1fdda32b6eec53c7290b3 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.