New xorg and older Intel video

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Thu Apr 26 04:00:30 UTC 2012


On Wed, 25 Apr 2012, Dwayne MacKinnon wrote:

> Just a quick question: I run a couple of boxes that use older Intel video (no
> KMS). Am I correct in my belief I should avoid the WITH_NEW_XORG flag?

Yes.  Intel + xorg-server-1.10.6 wants KMS.  xorg-server-1.7.7 is what 
you get without the WITH_NEW_XORG.  I just set it up on 9-stable, amd64, 
on a 965GM system, and it works fine.

> A cc would be appreciated, as I'm not subscribed.

That's SOP here, actually.


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