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Its worth unmasking the required packages for intel cards - there have |
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been some quite useful improvements in speed and stability - its one |
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case where you are definitely better off on the bleeding edge for the |
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intel driver, xorg-server and the kernel:) Anything less at the moment |
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will leave you as you are now. |
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There are also documents for setting up mode setting via google - setup |
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isnt quite as easy as other cards at the moment. |
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On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 20:38 -0700, dan blum wrote: |
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> Bill, |
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> The xorg version is 1.7.6 (no r# to the best of my knowledge). When I do emerge it will re-emerge the 1.7.6 version and not the newer 1.8.2 version. The video card is VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01). |
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> I have not tried the mask suggested by other responders yet, but will soon. |
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> Thanks for the suggestions. |
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> Dan |
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> --- On Thu, 8/12/10, William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> > From: William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg 1.65 |
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> > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> > Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 9:29 PM |
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> > On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 09:03 +0800, |
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> > Thomas Yao wrote: |
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> > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:46 AM, dan blum <dan_blm@×××××.com> |
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> > wrote: |
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> > > > I am currently running xorg 1.7, which crashes |
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> > very frequently. When I used to run xorg 1.65 everything was |
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> > running fine. Can anyone clue me in on how to |
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> > emerge an older version of the program. |
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> > > > Thanks. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > |
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> > > Maybe you should have a look at the portage |
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> > documentation carefully |
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> > > and understand it well before you dive into gentoo, |
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> > it's really |
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> > > important: |
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> > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1 |
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> > > Good luck |
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> > > |
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> > and consider going the other way - I am using 1.8.2 |
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> > (xorg-server) which |
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> > is more stable for me than the 1.7 series. |
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> > However, some idea on what your system is may help - |
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> > certain |
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> > combinations (xorg-server-1.7.x, inetl driver and tuxonice |
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> > hibernate are |
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> > problematic, others are fine with certain workarounds. |
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> > Can you provide more info such as video card and what the |
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> > crash is? The |
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> > actual xorg version should be something like 7.4-r1 so I |
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> > presume you |
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> > quoted xorg-server? |
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> > BillK |
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> > -- |
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> > William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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> > Home in Perth! |
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