New xorg and older Intel video

[Dwayne MacKinnon]

On April 26, 2012 12:00:29 AM Warren Block wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for the response. I'm probably going to upgrade both my Intel systems 
this weekend.

Just waiting for KDE 4.8.2 to hit ports, then I'll be doing a massive upgrade 
on my home box that uses the nvidia driver. 

Cheers,
DMK