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 1MhXL1-0003jq-Lp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:28:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E0C53E0773; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qy0-f178.google.com (mail-qy0-f178.google.com [209.85.221.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD567E0773 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk8 with SMTP id 8so2633163qyk.2 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:37:03 -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=4KQEYk591SOlZ8NrVX9PQHH8mtIAi4zDlF1ILMmAr8A=; b=cpR2XFNHxBSHbayeUfKJmPP2P7Pwzeqw/KxZBDru0JYmjraZqM953onzQ6FLyLgTj6 C8gMsFtPwXocJnBEqvNPe9PbBb+G57U50mo4ijMvfWNZkRICgQFVZC0r4U0v3LfZInkF dtoZBFxhKm/csSOTfCMW3bvUvHrwc0jwW2v7M= 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=DUnaJLGQu8N7XZTy/DfqUQXrjuHe9YCSwSnzZHswZRA7xKFA4vl1ChfxurAWgb2rjM wFTTrE9X+hXUrTs1AXYrtneHrq17c9gA/sygVzKjTs1+JUKnKdPjI9oEvWKzRlsC0OUC 7OpoMa48dNDR0kQnJVGcv88tKUeUY5lpBvg7k= Received: by 10.224.123.154 with SMTP id p26mr2431276qar.218.1251607023441; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:37:03 -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 23sm1309455qyk.7.2009.08.29.21.37.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:37:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:37:01 -0400 From: Simon Hunt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Intel dilemma Message-ID: <20090830043701.GA2514@gentoo-desktop> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20090829180035.GA8901@gentoo-desktop> <20090830022911.GA2738@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: <20090830022911.GA2738@gentoo-desktop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 0dbd29b6-9720-412e-831c-590d3b0bb5ba X-Archives-Hash: 9302700a76deb068ca466371c698ee06 On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:30:02PM -0400, Simon Hunt wrote: > 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! No, I was wrong. I also changed my xf86-video-intel, and THAT is what fixed the freezing problem, but now I have another freezing problem which I think is cause by the new intel driver because it happened in several versions of xorg-server.