On 1.2.2014 1:52, alex lupu wrote: > Hi, > > I prefer to stay with video-intel 2.99.907 (as opposed to 2.21.15) > for the time being: > > 1. Being released subsequent to server 1.15.0, it compiles "naturally" > on it. > (otherwise the intel developer would be tarred and feathered and run > out of town on a rail) > > 2. It should contain some other goodies (besides the buildt-in "patch" > logic) > the developer came up with over the four months of hard work. >
Lot of sna work, no doubt, including the TearFree option. Also, addition of intel-virtual-output tool, intel broadwell support and some minor fixes unrelated to anything mentioned. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/log/ repository is public > Actually, that's neither here nor there (different folks, different > strokes). > The problem is my server (1.15.0) crashes if > Option "AccelMethod" "glamor", as in the book. > (whether using 2.21.15 or 2.99.907 (without the patch, of course:)) > However. comes up perfectly with > Option "AccelMethod" "glamoregl" > Unrelated to this, but fyi sna is superior to glamor acceleration. You might get better preformance when using sna, which is now the default one without the --with-default-accel switch. > Reference: BLFS Development Book 2014-01-29 > xf86-video-intel 2.21.15 21-Aug-2013 > xorg-server 1.15.0 27-Dec-2013 > xf86-video-intel 2.99.907 30-Dec-2013 > > Cheers, > -- Alex > > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
