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fawkes5

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From: Canada

Registered: 2012-12-23

Posts: 84

Intel-dri- where did this come from?

Hello,

Just did a pacman -Syu and it gave me a driver I havn't seen before called intel-dri.

Just wondering where this came from and why it wasnt available before. What hole is it filling and was that hole there before?

Thanks

Last edited by fawkes5 (2013-02-26 05:15:26)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,791

Re: Intel-dri- where did this come from?

That is part of the hardware acceleration for your Intel graphics.  DRI=Direct Rendering Infrastructure.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_Graphics

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fawkes5

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From: Canada

Registered: 2012-12-23

Posts: 84

Re: Intel-dri- where did this come from?

I see that. I'm wondering why I'm only getting it now. I didn't install it intentially; it was included in my most recent upgrade. Why wasn't it included in previous upgrades?

Last edited by fawkes5 (2013-02-26 05:24:14)

ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,356

Re: Intel-dri- where did this come from?

I believe that's part of the reshuffling of the mesa split PKGBUILD.

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