[gentoo-user] Re: Emerge trouble with firefox and thunderbird ...
On Sat, 9 Mar 2024 08:04:06 +, Wols Lists wrote: > For anyone else who hits this sort of problem, I did an > > USE=-clang emerge --update @world > > (firefox and thunderbird were the only programs I thought this would > touch), and it worked. > > There were a couple of other programs that I guess got pulled in by the > changed use, but they've upgraded which is the main thing. > > Thank you very much > > Cheers, > Wol This is a known problem. It generally shows itself with older architectures like AMD Phenom II, Bulldozer, Intel Core 2 etc. "-march=native" in the make.conf file was the culprit, IIRC, and replacing it with core2 or amd's equivalent option solved it. I, instead, put "-clang" in my package.use file, for firefox. No problem with Firefox builds since then.
[gentoo-user] Re: new hi-res display won't work at top res
allan gottlieb wrote: > Dell latitude E7450 with intel 915 graphics, gnome 3, systemd. > > lspci: > VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 > (rev 09) I think i965 is the better driver for your system, not i915. > I just bought a new dell 34" curved monitor (U3417). > It's max res is 3440X2560, but at that res it complains that no signal > is coming. It works fine at other res (including 2560x1440). Which connector are you using? HDMI output of your laptop is most likely limited to 2560x1600. I checked and many Latitude ultrabooks have a displayport (of mini variety generally) output. If you use that connector you may get the resolution you wanted (you may still need newer drivers). > The dell manual says to get new drivers and I am indeed running an old > kernel, 3.18.16-gentoo. The highest stable is 4.9.16 and I am > planning to build and employ it this summer. > > Has high res support been added to the intel graphics driver?