[arch-dev-public] new package: xf86-video-intel-legacy
Hello Intel users, There's a new package in testing (x86_64 only at this moment, i686 will follow later today) called "xf86-video-intel-legacy". This is the old 2.3.2 driver, patched to support xorg-server 1.6 and newer versions of libdrm. Users with pre-G965 hardware who suffer from performance issues with the current -intel driver should test this release. Note that this driver is rather old and doesn't contain support for all the new hardware around these days. G965+ users should be better off with the normal intel driver. I hope this driver can replace the need for the old i915 repository maintained by a community member. If this is the case, expect xorg-server 1.6 to be moving to extra soon.
Jan de Groot wrote:
Hello Intel users,
There's a new package in testing (x86_64 only at this moment, i686 will follow later today) called "xf86-video-intel-legacy". This is the old 2.3.2 driver, patched to support xorg-server 1.6 and newer versions of libdrm. Users with pre-G965 hardware who suffer from performance issues with the current -intel driver should test this release. Note that this driver is rather old and doesn't contain support for all the new hardware around these days. G965+ users should be better off with the normal intel driver. I hope this driver can replace the need for the old i915 repository maintained by a community member. If this is the case, expect xorg-server 1.6 to be moving to extra soon.
Legacy packages works well here (Intel 945GM). My chromuim-bsu FPS went from 10 to 50 and extreme tux racer is smooth. Note that with sticking to the "new" intel driver, I got a boost from 5 to 10FPS with the new builds put in i686 last night. Have not tried playing video full screen at my TVs native resolution yet (which was my other problem). Allan
Allan McRae wrote:
Jan de Groot wrote:
Hello Intel users,
There's a new package in testing (x86_64 only at this moment, i686 will follow later today) called "xf86-video-intel-legacy". This is the old 2.3.2 driver, patched to support xorg-server 1.6 and newer versions of libdrm. Users with pre-G965 hardware who suffer from performance issues with the current -intel driver should test this release. Note that this driver is rather old and doesn't contain support for all the new hardware around these days. G965+ users should be better off with the normal intel driver. I hope this driver can replace the need for the old i915 repository maintained by a community member. If this is the case, expect xorg-server 1.6 to be moving to extra soon.
Legacy packages works well here (Intel 945GM). My chromuim-bsu FPS went from 10 to 50 and extreme tux racer is smooth. Note that with sticking to the "new" intel driver, I got a boost from 5 to 10FPS with the new builds put in i686 last night. Have not tried playing video full screen at my TVs native resolution yet (which was my other problem).
And I can also play video on my TV at full screen. So, for my laptop usage, everything is back to being as in the pre xorg update era. Allan
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> wrote:
Jan de Groot wrote:
Hello Intel users,
There's a new package in testing (x86_64 only at this moment, i686 will follow later today) called "xf86-video-intel-legacy". This is the old 2.3.2 driver, patched to support xorg-server 1.6 and newer versions of libdrm. Users with pre-G965 hardware who suffer from performance issues with the current -intel driver should test this release. Note that this driver is rather old and doesn't contain support for all the new hardware around these days. G965+ users should be better off with the normal intel driver. I hope this driver can replace the need for the old i915 repository maintained by a community member. If this is the case, expect xorg-server 1.6 to be moving to extra soon.
Legacy packages works well here (Intel 945GM). My chromuim-bsu FPS went from 10 to 50 and extreme tux racer is smooth. Note that with sticking to the "new" intel driver, I got a boost from 5 to 10FPS with the new builds put in i686 last night. Have not tried playing video full screen at my TVs native resolution yet (which was my other problem).
Allan
Works fine here. X now works with kernel26 2.6.29. Xv works for videos, GL games works. The OpenGL screensavers are choppy however but before I was only getting garbage. A definite improvement.
Am Montag 06 April 2009 14:20:50 schrieb Jan de Groot:
I hope this driver can replace the need for the old i915 repository maintained by a community member. If this is the case, expect xorg-server 1.6 to be moving to extra soon.
This driver does work a lot better. Still slower than pure framebuffer and some artefacts but indeed usable. When moving this to extra with the new kernel we should post an anouncement, that users of at least 855GM (and maybe others) have to change to that legacy driver as xf86-video-intel does not produce any usefull output at all; X is completly broken. -- Pierre Schmitz Clemens-August-Straße 76 53115 Bonn Telefon 0228 9716608 Mobil 0160 95269831 Jabber pierre@jabber.archlinux.de WWW http://www.archlinux.de
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Allan McRae
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Eric Bélanger
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Jan de Groot
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Pierre Schmitz