I've been trying to run the latest xorg components on an i845 for a while now, and I haven't found a good set of component versions + configurations that works well. Here's info on the most recent release + current git versions of stuff. If there's anywhere else I should put this (e.g. individual problems to bugzilla) just say so.
For future reference, I run gentoo, and all packages are from either gentoo or the gentoo x11 overlay, except for the kernel, which is either from kernel.org or one of the drm-intel kernels. All the Xorg.0.logs from this are available at http://dolphinling.net/xorglogs/ I would be very happy to help out with any testing/etc for making these work, subject to availability (which is more or less entirely random). Thanks! Components used: xorg-server-1.5.99.903 mesa-7.3 xf86-video-intel-2.6.1 and current git libdrm-2.4.4 with x-v-i-2.6.1 and libdrm current git with x-v-i git kernel-2.6.28-drm-intel from intellinuxgraphics.org and 2.6.29-rc5 Results: 2.6.28-drm-intel: xf86-video-intel-2.6.1: noaccel: works, vt switch problem* + puts monitor in unusable state exa: server does not start (bug 19336) uxa: server starts, missing some fonts, some areas of screen just grey, can't log in noconf: exa xf86-video-intel-git: noaccel: works, vt switch problem* + puts monitor in unusable state (no memory leak) exa: fonts too small on login screen, wrong resolution, some areas not painting, no cursor, vt switch problem, glxgears < 5 fps uxa: memory leak*, (there is a cursor) 2.6.29-rc5: xf86-video-intel-2.6.1: noaccel: login screen displays, buttons broken, can't log in, no cursor exa: fonts too small/missing/too large/corrupted; wrong resolution, no cursor, things not drawing sometimes, can log in uxa: same as 2.6.28-drm-intel (maybe even pixel-for-pixel) noconf: fonts too small/missing/corrupted, textarea black, can't log in xf86-video-intel-git: noaccel: no cursor, glxgears broken, memory leak*, vt switch problem* exa: fonts too small, no cursor, wrong resolution, some areas do not paint, glxgears < 10fps, memory leak very slow?* vt switch problem* uxa: same as noaccel * memory leak: memory is used used up very fast, especially with firefox. Can make computer unusable in < 10 seconds if I'm trying, if I try to keep it working I can use it for maybe a few minutes. free reports almost all the memory as "cached". Sometimes, top reported X as using > 1G of virtual memory (only virtual); other times it did not. Starts swapping when memory full, but nothing ever crashed from OOM. * vt switch problem: when attempted to switch vts, the screen did not update, but the switch worked. I could log in and make mplayer play music blindly. In the nicer incarnation, a few pixels would change but mostly whatever was displayed would stay. In the worse incarnation, the screen would go black and my monitor's power light would start blinking orange, and the only way to get things to display would be to turn the monitor off, switch back to X, then turn the monitor on again. If turned back on while on a non-X vt it would just keep blinking orange. -- dolphinling <http://dolphinling.net/> _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
