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leo2501

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.1 now they've done it

im still having issues with this intel drivers, and i mean, all 3 drivers from the repos, 2 from extra, and the newest in AUR, 1 of 5 times i startx, i need to hard reset the computer because it freezes and there's no way to return to VC1 or kill X, i even run a "sleep 20 && killall X" but the time pases and X didnt get killed, so i tried the vesa driver but is too rudimentary to be useful, im looking freebsd as an alternative to this problem, but don't want to leave arch only for this drivers, the thing is that maybe i don't need a bleeding edge X or kernel or app, i need a rock solid, functional, and thrusty system

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johnm76

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From: Bergen, Norway

Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 15

Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.1 now they've done it

Legacy-drivers fixed this for me. 2.6 was annoying, 2.7 pure pain, but 2.3 is stable and working flawlessly -- apart from the fact that I cannot turn of laptop monitor when using external in KDE4 - which I could with 2.6+

leo2501

Member

From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.1 now they've done it

Legacy drivers with which render method? exa, xaa...?

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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peoro

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 67

Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.1 now they've done it

I'm using legacy drivers with the default acceleration architecture (EXA) and everything is working just fine.

johnm76

Member

From: Bergen, Norway

Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 15

Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.1 now they've done it

Legacy drivers with which render method? exa, xaa...?

My xorg is a default one -- I reckon that would be exa. My fidlings with UXA and the like have all been commented out. I'm left with a edited monitor section in order to get correct resolution for my external monitor.

leo2501

Member

From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

Re: xf86-video-intel 2.7.1 now they've done it

hope this helps the ones with an intel graphics card to solve their xorg problems

if you have one or (as my case) ALL this random problems
- non starting X
- random freezing X
- freezing when using VGA output
- freezing when using an opengl app
- random black screen with unresponsive system

[SOLVED] wanna reinstall and keep an older xorg
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 32#p565132

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery