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 1MhR4r-0000uH-W6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:46:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA829E072C; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:55:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.148]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD93DE072C for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:55:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so736280qwk.10 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:55:59 -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:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=nbfg2EfsGp5TLKMO63ArosbCSALB7L/V/9QdjKEEfsk=; b=J8LrMGnCAwOaaK4Dj/9bchpmSS3zktDINl1WLJSrw3sai0yVL709DKvRkSPhVyaiO3 fmUPQydXJXaqYtJq9OTS2z/m47fCjGKI/xYORUkNQhyDTyfNVT8Uf0XrZ+wCTiTx6g3A Gk2ZX3WYq8kbuZbJ28Gqd0a3enIUIY/2UMjF0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; b=VzKiLqVztYjEhFA0CJ+fyLgTqqx7HCy6bRokA2gqgfqbwJkCiR9TnVAJ5/Uxzz5+8T JluyrKvRhisX3ief/1OexuFlm756+TjZv6tzwel6QgU0xbvH+TRJD3ClbOLM1TDsGO25 mQ4IeV4gf5uJFn/XtxqJ17tzGRVoXVNTXNvPU= Received: by 10.224.52.144 with SMTP id i16mr2287543qag.210.1251582959555; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:55:59 -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 21sm1159950qyk.8.2009.08.29.14.55.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:55:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:55:57 -0400 From: Simon Hunt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel dilemma Message-ID: <20090829215557.GA18647@gentoo-desktop> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20090829180035.GA8901@gentoo-desktop> <221c6fc80908291348t4d7a886dh9f340abff2864547@mail.gmail.com> 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 In-Reply-To: <221c6fc80908291348t4d7a886dh9f340abff2864547@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 6da60f0b-a2aa-4a6c-80df-5e8e03623a78 X-Archives-Hash: e7df07538507bf70103fa3cd82ae21ef On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 03:48:59PM -0500, Andr??s Becerra Sandoval wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a 865G too, the only combination that works for me with the > i915 intel driver is: > > kernel: gentoo-sources-2.6.28 > driver: xf86-video-intel: 2.7.1 > > Anything above that (>=gentoo-sources-2.6.29, >=xf86-video-intel: > 2.7.1) fails for my setup with freezes like the ones you describe. > > As my box is ~x86, I have installed many versions of xorg-server > without varying the kernel and driver, and they worked all right. > > I am thinking in giving up to using the intel driver in order to user > the latest kernel, with an /etc/X11/xorg.conf using a VESA card > configuration and I have not tested the i830 option. > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Andr??s > Thank you very much! That is very helpful to know and I will get back to you on how it works for me. Also, let me know how the VESA card configuration works. What does that mean exactly, it's just a generic solution?