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 1MqB7G-0005sP-WC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:33:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 89970E094E; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:33:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qy0-f177.google.com (mail-qy0-f177.google.com [209.85.221.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BDB4E094E for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:33:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk7 with SMTP id 7so48136qyk.10 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:33:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=cpgV9ukM9sWCM/r1nNDteJcKvwomZjpV7/zisxzzIyQ=; b=HhqbTDZXLQd48FZxnoREk2yPiXeSapJJ7ZjV3Tfqj1pJY6l4Fzt91PNOluWIhsBqZP 5zBlj/RqtA51gS1Oe6yg1Zle8nMxBuNIZ6wzf5puvsyJrEY/cRSyufnxEU+5CcEMsQDp VhbacPJNThcfiVimcfF2bnkPHeTKAxSXaCt/g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=X9UJlbVF72jY8pY2lYH+VJv9LqpJhHgYf9DGvbg75k84+US9lMDvr0899wQNtF3+BB DeSKsf71cXK04pOVjOWQnyVKw4G44Av+Wz4rrqXvwVrLxRp2/2/woM2Ta9QeOYXzr9RM vB+k621PQJsSY5F8JJKbTU05hU8199SqIcT9g= 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 Received: by 10.229.15.75 with SMTP id j11mr685621qca.69.1253648012950; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:33:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090830043701.GA2514@gentoo-desktop> References: <20090829180035.GA8901@gentoo-desktop> <20090830022911.GA2738@gentoo-desktop> <20090830043701.GA2514@gentoo-desktop> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:33:28 -0500 Message-ID: <221c6fc80909221233t53efaaf8w6a89e9baf422031@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Intel dilemma From: =?UTF-8?Q?Andr=C3=A9s_Becerra_Sandoval?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 286bb71e-f7d1-4076-9771-a1c1fae86091 X-Archives-Hash: 8cfdd21de501476fdcf7077edfd10ec2 On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Simon Hunt wro= te: > 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 the= re >> > would be no video output. However, other than that, inside Gnome Firef= ox >> > 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 becaus= e >> > of the KMS. But Firefox runs sluggishly and my whole machine freezes i= n >> > 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. > > Finally is working on gentoo (with extra patches): x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.31 media-libs/mesa-7.5.1 x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.13 But kernel must be patched with: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2009-September/004122.html My /etc/X11/xorg.conf : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 #Option "AIGLX" "true" EndSection Section "Extensions" #Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "int" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "UXA" #Option "Tiling" "False" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "glx" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Monitor "Monitor0" Device "int" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection --=20 Andr=C3=A9s