From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 018821381F3 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B413821C19A; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5BA821C16E for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:02:37 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgsKAG6Zu09FxLGA/2dsb2JhbABEsnYDgRiBCIIVAQEEATocKAsLNBIUJTeICQULuX6LCFqBRII8YgOIQoR8h1yBEIRPiDqBWIMH X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="210163240" Received: from 69-196-177-128.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.177.128]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 18 Dec 2012 05:02:36 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:02:32 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:02:32 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.conf tweaks for HTPC machine? Message-ID: <20121218100232.GA18958@waltdnes.org> References: <20121217162311.GA11172@waltdnes.org> <50CF65AE.4020308@coolmail.se> <20121218081758.GA13736@waltdnes.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 In-Reply-To: <20121218081758.GA13736@waltdnes.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: bc8f0cd9-3ccd-4bf7-941d-3cf12730fad3 X-Archives-Hash: a48201cdf4f1e171c233aee6f36eadfa "Walter's Excellent Adventure" Chapter 2 On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 03:17:59AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > I ran "emerge -pv mesa", and discovered that mesa had been merged with > USE="-xorg". This is what I get for starting USE with "-*"... > http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/11/117774/2361934-double_facepalm.jpg > > I emerged mesa with "xorg" USE flag, and 1366x768 now works fine. One > problem down and one to go. I had merged mesa with the "intel" USE > flag. It also has "i915" and i965" USE flags. If I can get the i965 > driver built, I'd go from "software acceleration" to hardware > acceleration. That's my next step. Now things start to get *REALLY* weird. * Using VIDEO_CARDS="i965" in make.conf enables DRI2 hardware acceleration * But it requires the "classic" USE flag for mesa * The "xorg" USE flag also makes mesa require the "gallium" USE flag * Building mesa with *BOTH* "classic" and "gallium" works * And it runs in 1366x768 mode * And it runs *ONLY* in 1366x768 mode. xrandr does not change the resolution, notwithstanding the gazillion modes it lists * I went back to mesa without the "xorg" and "gallium" flags to simplify my setup * Again, it runs 1366x768, and *ONLY* 1366x768. But it does have hardware acceleration * And yes, I did try replacing the xf86-video-intel driver with xf86-video-modesetting. No X. * So the one change I've made after all this fooling around is to change the VIDEO_CARDS setting in make.conf from "intel" to "i965". The net change is that... * the TV displays in native 1366x768 mode, and *ONLY* 1366x768 mode * X now has hardware acceleration -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications