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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Question about new USE flags for xf86-video-intel
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:46:06
Message-Id: 20121214174403.GB5651@waltdnes.org
1 I'm updating a system that's probably gone 2 or 3 months since its
2 last update.
3
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5 !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy "x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel" has unmet requirements.
6 - x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.20.13::gentoo USE="dri -glamor -sna -udev -uxa -xvmc"
7
8 The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied:
9 any-of ( glamor sna uxa )
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11
12 This is the first time I've run into these options. A bit of Google
13 detective work turned up some articles...
14
15 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_glamor_first&num=1
16 http://ickle.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/an-evening-with-glamor/
17
18 ...which give the impression that SNA is the fastest option overall.
19 The phoronix article also mentioned some instability issues with glamor.
20 I'll probably be going with SNA. Does anybody else have any experience
21 and/or opinions?
22
23 --
24 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
25 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about new USE flags for xf86-video-intel Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>