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 1MhVM7-0004Ij-Ir for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:21:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C266E0852; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:30:04 +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 259E7E0852 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so761335qwk.10 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:30:03 -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=xx5h4i4Z5v8dbEPuAw9GNyrW/4ghxBymm/vGO4X9Sus=; b=mK/YbQNM/jMKgpSA3K7GqsmopK7mJto0BpfzMVB1QBwUSYhv2sUoOpvyQsGeaDLv9N +4k7/OvJ1UhcKWbsI++dA7lKLO0PHdB1rN0bWS2IjNipW1J2AOW1sgiJEhOJqG2FJgnw 9FEkfNuicQ1pwTpvsnbdpR8BsJohNaBADoczg= 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=llZJR2wfq9XL8uJkXI+YYYiAEihJ8fQumJAcuWMnNdMHmdM05/cPW3ZARF2NIlfhcZ 52hNUrZPb2xFImt+oXcIgWTclT4QIL9hcIpXCXtpFJiEymZaRHXx6RL8YE/c62gveolD 96iGOIwlu0W9mz2ld2EZtkH3/4zaY1G//JGAU= Received: by 10.224.65.40 with SMTP id g40mr2368412qai.333.1251599403841; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:30:03 -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 8sm8035672qwj.47.2009.08.29.19.30.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:30:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:30:02 -0400 From: Simon Hunt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Intel dilemma Message-ID: <20090830022911.GA2738@gentoo-desktop> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20090829180035.GA8901@gentoo-desktop> 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: <20090829180035.GA8901@gentoo-desktop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: a6183da2-109d-4f28-ba4a-63e81d20470f X-Archives-Hash: d7f917985ae9ba20aa9641181b81a2a3 On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 02:00:35PM -0400, Simon Hunt wrote: > 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. Okay, my current setup is xf86-video-intel: 2.7.1 xorg-server: 1.6.3.901 kernel: 2.6.30-r4 with i915 and it never freezes while starting or stopping, and it never lags in Firefox. The only way this differs from my old setup is the xorg-server, so I think they may have fixed the freezing issue in the version. I tried both suggestions, and I don't know why but they just didn't work for me. Thanks for all the help though! Oh by the way, the only reason I even tried this was because I had to use a different kernel to get into X and it just happened to work perfectly!