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On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 02:00:35PM -0400, Simon Hunt wrote: |
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> I posted this on the forums but I want some more information. I have a |
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> bit of a dilemma. With these settings, |
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> xf86-video-intel: 2.6.3-r1 xorg-server: 1.6.2-r1 and 1.6.3 kernel |
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> module: i830 kernel: gentoo 2.6.29-r5 and 2.6.30-r4 |
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> sometimes when stopping or starting X my computer would freeze and there |
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> would be no video output. However, other than that, inside Gnome Firefox |
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> ran pretty smoothly, not incredibly fast, but not sluggishly at all. |
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> With these settings, |
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> xf86-video-intel: 2.8.0 xorg-server: 1.6.3 kernel module: i915 kernel: |
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> vanilla 2.6.31_rc7 |
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> X starts and stops very smoothly without ever freezing, I think because |
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> of the KMS. But Firefox runs sluggishly and my whole machine freezes in |
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> Firefox frequently. According to this, |
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> http://www.x.org/wiki/IntelGraphicsDriver, the 2.8.0 driver drops |
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> support for XAA and EXA, but has no UXA support for my graphics card |
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> (865G), so I think I'm getting no 2D acceleration. Could that be the |
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> reason Firefox is so slow? As for the freezes, I think that's just |
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> because the newer driver is unstable. What are the optimum driver and |
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> kernel versions for my graphics card, the 865G? Also, the reason I'm |
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> using the 2.6.31 kernel is because that X.Org wiki page says it works |
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> best with the 2.8.0 intel driver. Oh, and what exactly is the kernel |
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> module for and what are the differences between the i830 and i915? |
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> Pappy told me I should use kernel .27, and that KMS support right now |
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> for my card is very unstable. Anyway, I just want to know the best |
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> options right now for my card which is the 865G. |
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Okay, my current setup is |
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xf86-video-intel: 2.7.1 |
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xorg-server: 1.6.3.901 |
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kernel: 2.6.30-r4 with i915 |
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and it never freezes while starting or stopping, and it never lags in |
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Firefox. The only way this differs from my old setup is the xorg-server, |
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so I think they may have fixed the freezing issue in the version. I |
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tried both suggestions, and I don't know why but they just didn't work |
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for me. Thanks for all the help though! Oh by the way, the only reason I |
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even tried this was because I had to use a different kernel to get into |
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X and it just happened to work perfectly! |
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